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Proving Discrimination: Back to Basics
I’m writing a series of monthly columns for Kennedy Information’s newish online publication, Recruiting Trends.
The first installment, logically enough, was “Can Recruiters Be Liable for Employment Discrimination?” (if you don’t know the answer, read it!)
Today Recruiting Trends published my second installment online. It is entitled “What Does Climbing the St. Louis Arch have to [...]
Firemen’s Dog Food Prank Could Cost City Millions
A black LA firefighter filed a racial discrimination suit after his coworkers “secretly laced his spaghetti with dog food.”
He said in court documents that the dog food incident “was part of a pattern of incidents” at the fire station “that were done to dehumanize black men.”
But “firefighters called it a prank and city [...]
Coca-Cola “cat’s paw” subordinate bias case dismissed on settlement week before Sup. Ct. arguments
I’ve written before about the fascinating subordinate bias case that was scheduled for Supreme Court arguments this coming week:
Supreme Court to hear Coca-Cola “cat’s paw” case
Cat’s paws, rubber stamps, and proof of race discrimination
The “Question Presented” as stated in the Supreme Court docket was:
Under what circumstances is an employer liable under
federal anti-discrimination laws based on [...]
$55 million settlement in FedEx race discrimination class action
In my view, this FedEx class action settlement is yet another sign that after years of near-dormancy, employment discrimination claims not based on disability, harassment, or termination of employment (e.g., those based on hiring and promotions) have become the biggest area of corporate employment law risk.
The ascendancy of these employment discrimination claims is led by [...]
Supreme Court to hear Coca-Cola “cat’s paw” case
An AP story on Monday reported that the Supreme Court will hear the Coca-Cola “cat’s paw”case I discussed back in July in a post entitled: “Cat’s Paws, Rubber Stamps, and Proof of Race Discrimination.”
The case is BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Los Angeles v. EEOC, and here’s the decision of the 10th Circuit Court of [...]
