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Discrimination / Harassment

Philly firm bans Muslim scarf, earns religious bias lawsuit

10/28/2010
Imperial Security, a Philadelphia-area security firm that provides guards for the Pennsylvania Convention Center and other locations in the city, faces a religious discrimination lawsuit after it refused to allow a Muslim woman to wear a khimar, a religious head scarf, on the job.

EEOC challenges Cavalier attitude toward age bias

10/28/2010
The EEOC has filed a class-action lawsuit against Cavalier Telephone on behalf of a group of account executives and job applicants from Pennsylvania and other Mid-Atlantic states, charging that the company refuses to hire older workers and fired two employees in retaliation after they objected to the alleged discrimination.

EEOC sues Ricoh for national-origin harassment

10/26/2010
The EEOC has sued copier company Ricoh on behalf of three former employees—two Hispanics and one man of African origin. The suit alleges the three endured almost daily racial epithets and race-based harassment at the company’s Greensboro location.

Goldsboro builder settles bias case with Adventists

10/26/2010
Goldsboro-based construction company T.A. Loving has settled a religious discrimination complaint for $47,500. Elvis Cifuentes Angel and two other workers filed the complaint stating that Loving forced them to work on their religion’s Sabbath. All three workers are Seventh-day Adventists.

Subway assistant manager too fresh for EEOC

10/26/2010
SKMATCH Inc., a Subway franchisee with several stores in the Wilmington area, faces charges it failed to address sexual harassment complaints leveled at one of its assistant managers.

Dillard’s faces age bias charges after firing in Cary

10/26/2010

Dillard’s department stores will have to answer in court to charges it discriminated against former area sales manager Virginia Keene because of her age. Working in Cary, Keene was 61 years old at the time the company fired her and replaced her with a 24-year-old with only four months’ experience.

Court refuses to expand Title VII liability to bosses

10/26/2010
A federal court hearing a sexual harassment case has dismissed the charges against a district manager because individuals aren’t personally liable for Title VII violations.

Check calendar when employee files EEOC complaint

10/26/2010
Employees who wait too long to file a discrimination complaint with the EEOC lose their right to sue.

Court refuses to freeze employer’s assets pending outcome of discrimination case

10/26/2010

Here’s a happy ending to a case that could have made very bad law for employers. A federal judge has rejected a former employee’s request for the court to seize an employer’s assets pending the outcome of the case.

Court: Employers can collect costs after win

10/26/2010
If an employer loses a discrimination case, it typically has to pay the employee’s legal fees and associated costs plus any damages due. But what if the employee loses the case? Judges have begun assessing legal costs to the losing side. Such costs typically include expenses associated with defending a lawsuit such as deposition fees, copying costs and expert witness expenses.