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Posted on May 21, 2020 on Age, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
In January 2020, in a case pending before the United States Supreme Court, Babb v. Wilkie, Chief Justice John Roberts posed the question to plaintiff’s counsel, if asking “OK, Boomer?” just once during the hiring …
Posted on Feb 26, 2020 on Age, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates by Robert G. Brody
In a case pending before the United States Supreme Court, Babb v. Wilkie, Chief Justice John Roberts asked the lawyers if asking “OK, Boomer?” just once during the hiring process amounts to age discrimination. He …
Posted on Aug 9, 2019 on Age, Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Race / Color, Religious, Retaliation, Sex, Sexual Orientation by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
New York State continues to lead the charge in enacting expansive discrimination protections for employees. In its latest move, the State passed a law which the Governor signed extending broad anti-harassment protections to employees of …
Posted on Apr 25, 2019 on Age, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, Retaliation by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
In a recent decision, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), does not protect disparate impact claims for job applicants. The ADEA generally provides protections from age discrimination …
Posted on May 30, 2013 on Age, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, News, NLRB, Social Media Policies, Wage and Hour, Workplace Safety by Robert G. Brody and Rebecca Goldberg
The proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 provides a cash infusion to three federal agencies that are a thorn in the side of many employers: the Department of Labor (“DOL”), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …
Posted on Mar 18, 2013 on Age, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, News by Robert G. Brody and Rebecca Goldberg
Many employers are aware that the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) prohibits discrimination on the basis of age against employees age 40 or over. But can employers be sued for age discrimination by …
Posted on Jan 18, 2012 on Age, Disability, Employment-at-Will / Restrictive Covenants, Legal Updates, National Origin, News, Race / Color, Religious, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Wage and Hour by Robert G. Brody and Rebecca Goldberg
The Obama Administration may go down in history as the Administration of Enforcement: investigations of worker misclassification and wage and hour issues are way up. Now we’re seeing it also applies to the civil rights …
Posted on Jan 12, 2012 on Age, Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, National Origin, Published Articles, Race / Color, Religious, Retaliation, Sex, Sexual Orientation by Robert G. Brody
Posted on Jan 25, 2011 on Age, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, News, Retaliation, Sex by Robert G. Brody
Has the world gone mad? Is a 10-year old girl capable of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment so serious that a school employee had to stop performing his job duties? This employee …
Posted on Sep 22, 2010 on Age, Discrimination and Harassment, News by Robert G. Brody
In one of the first decisions to interpret the new Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois found that employees with cancer in remission are …