Employer Lawfully Focused on Applicants’ People Skills

The school board of Shelby County, Ala., did not discriminate against a black applicant by promoting a white candidate deemed as having superior people skills, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals... Read more »

Flawed Separation Agreement Does Not Bar ADEA Claims

A former United Parcel Service employee who signed a separation agreement that did not reference the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) could still bring an ADEA claim. Read more »

Drug Testing of Substitute Teachers Was Lawful

A school district’s mandatory prehire drug testing of substitute teacher applicants did not violate the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.Read more »

Worker Fired for Being One Minute Late Advances FMLA Claim

A tax clerk for Orange County, Fla., who had taken family and medical leave and was fired for being one minute late returning from a break could proceed to trial on her... Read more »

Employee Fired Soon After Reporting Harassment Can Sue

A clinical manager for a medical products company who reported a sales manager for sexual harassment and was then fired for previous misconduct at a company retreat had a viable retaliation claim,... Read more »
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