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Where a black employee who sued his employer for discrimination and retaliation sought to amend his suit to include new equal pay claims asserted on behalf of a putative class, the amendment is denied, as the new claims would prejudice ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

Where an employee attached a copy of her formal discrimination complaint to a letter postmarked well after the time to file a formal complaint with the agency had expired and she could not show that the formal complaint had otherwise ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An employee presented a valid claim for retaliation where her employer transferred her to a less desirable location after she complained of harassment and instituted a policy to prevent her from renewing her contract that was then eliminated shortly after ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An employee failed to follow his employer’s safety rule and was injured after circumventing an interlock gate that would have automatically shut down equipment in a commercial laundry. Because the employee conceded that the employer enforced the safety rule, the ...

Tagged with: Judge Marla Graff Decker Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

In awarding benefits to a Washington Redskins’ player injured during the pre-season, the commission did not err in considering the amounts he earned during his short tenure before injury, instead of the amounts he would have earned if he made ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert J. Humphreys Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

A player hired in a temporary position on the Redskins’ practice squad failed to look for alternative work during the period after his injury and before he found new employment in a non-football job. Although he was undergoing rehabilitation, he ...

Tagged with: Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

Where a historical society that was affiliated with a church hired a contractor to move and reconstruct a school, neither is liable for a workers’ compensation claim filed by a man the contractor hired to help with the job. The ...

Tagged with: Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Supreme Court of Virginia Workers' Compensation

Though claims were narrowed, a suit by a former employee of the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities who has cerebral palsy alleging her supervisors unfairly scrutinized, criticized and micromanaged her; and promoted a non-disabled person over her and finally ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A woman who alleged male employees circulated a rumor that she had a sexual relationship with a higher-ranking manager in order to obtain her position adequately stated a claim for discrimination and a hostile work environment, given the historical stereotypes ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Discrimination Judge Paul V. Niemeyer

The plaintiff is not suing for benefits, but for damages equal to the value of his denied benefits because of his alleged misclassification. As a result, his claims are not preempted by ERISA, so there is no federal question jurisdiction ...

Tagged with: Judge Raymond A. Jackson Labor U.S. District Court - Eastern District