In our last blog entry, we examined a story in Information Week about a former Apple Store employee who is suing Apple for age discrimination after being passed over several times for promotion. Instead, the suit alleges Apple Store managers chose people who were less...
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Age Discrimination at Apple Stores? Suit Says Yes
A former Apple Store employee who was turned down for promotion several times has sued Apple for age discrimination. The former employee, who was 60 when he was hired, says that each time a promotion opened up at the store, management chose younger, less qualified...
Muslim Workers Experience Rising Discrimination
Over the last half decade, Muslims in America have been experiencing increased harassment and discrimination at work. Reports of name-calling such as "terrorist" and "Osama" are on the rise as well as reports of religious exclusion like barring prayer breaks and...
The Fight for Equal Pay Continues
Lilly Ledbetter, the woman who fought to change federal law regarding pay discrimination based on gender continues to expand her cause. Ms. Ledbetter believes the persistent wage difference between men and women is a human rights issue.Ledbetter worked at a Goodyear...
Supreme Court Says Players Can Challenge NFL’s Suspension
The U.S. Supreme Court refused, without comment, this month to dismiss a lawsuit brought by two NFL players against the National Football League, which means the dispute will continue in state courts.According to CNN, the two Minnesota Vikings players,...
Employees May Have Rights to Rant Against Boss on Facebook
The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against a Connecticut ambulance service, American Medical Response, that may have wrongfully terminated an employee after she posted a rant about her supervisor on Facebook.According to CNN, the...
Anti-Discrimination Provision Likely to be Dropped From Next Pot Initiative
Proposition 19, the ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana use for adults was rejected by Californians 54 percent to 46 percent last week. Proponents for legalized marijuana are already working on a new version of the initiative for the 2012 ballot in the...
Employees Should Take Care With Personal Use of Employer Equipment
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year against a California policeman who sued his employer after he was disciplined for using an employer-issued pager to send personal messages. The employee had sent sexually explicit messages to a mistress that were intercepted by...
Did Prop. 19 Venture Too Far Into Employment Law?
Californians voted against Proposition 19 on Election Day, but proponents of legalizing recreational marijuana use and cultivation for adults have not given up their cause. They are, in fact, already working on a revised ballot initiative to legalize marijuana in...
CA Court of Appeal: Co-Worker Evidence Can Be Used to Support Age Discrimination Claim
A recent ruling by the California Court of Appeal said that plaintiffs alleging age discrimination on the part of an employer can use evidence from co-workers to back up their claim, known as "me too" evidence.The court said that the co-worker evidence cannot alone...
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