by Stephen D. Hans | Sep 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Author: Stephen D. Hans A New York jury awarded $30,000 in punitive damages and $250,000 in compensatory damage to an employee in an employer discrimination case that centered around the use of the N-word. Brandi Johnson, an African-American, filed a lawsuit in New...
by Stephen D. Hans | Sep 19, 2013 | Employment Discrimination
In February 2011 a former healthcare director at MSL, Monique da Silva Moore, filed a $100 million class action gender discrimination suit against the company. The suit alleges that MSL and parent company Publicis: • Paid female execs less • Did not promote women...
by Stephen D. Hans | Sep 11, 2013 | Employment Harassment
In Vance v. Ball State University, the Supreme Court considered the definition of supervisor to determine employers’ liability for workplace harassment . At the heart of the case was the issue of whether a supervisor was an employee with authority to direct and...
by Stephen D. Hans | Aug 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
On July 17th the U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, VA became the third court to rule that President Obama’s recess appointments of National Labor Review Board members last year was unlawful.In the majority opinion, Circuit Judge Clyde Hamilton wrote: “We conclude...
by Stephen D. Hans | Aug 27, 2013 | Employment Law
On June 26th the Supreme Court ruled that DOMA’s exclusion of state-sanctioned, same-sex marriages from the federal definition of marriage is unconstitutional in United States v. Windsor. This decision has now changed the rules on how employers administer...
