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A former senior consultant for Deloitte Consulting LLP who responded to a junior female coworker’s rejection of a personal relationship during their work on a joint project by allegedly turning the tables and sending her a “cease and desist” letter ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to a moving and storage company in this age and gender bias suit filed by a 56-year-old woman who alleged hostile work environment based on her negative performance reviews; the pro se ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A bank employee cannot sue the bank for intentional infliction of emotional distress based on allegations that she was constructively discharged after seven years for posting on her private social media account a photo from behind of a male pedestrian ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Department of Defense employee who received an accommodation of working a shorter work week with unpaid leave on orders of her neurologist for an injury suffered in a vehicular accident, failed to exhaust her current claim under the Rehabilitation ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A mining company discriminated in violation of Title VII against plaintiff, an evangelical Christian who had a religious objection to using a biometric hand scanner, when it refused to accommodate his beliefs, despite offering alternatives to the hand scanner to ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Judge Pamela A. Harris

An Alexandria U.S. District Court accepts a magistrate judge’s recommendation to dismiss plaintiff’s race and disability bias lawsuit under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37, due to plaintiff’s repeated failures to respond to discovery requests and appear at court hearings; the ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Claude M. Hilton Judge Theresa C. Buchanan U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Lynchburg U.S. District Court awards summary judgment to defendant housing authority that did not rehire a 52-year-old mechanic with 20 years’ experience for a downgraded position because he was overqualified, would cost too much and would not be happy ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge recommends dismissal of a 69-year-old African-American male substitute teacher’s suit alleging race and age bias in defendant school system’s removal of him from the substitute list based on his alleged failure to follow ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Joel Hoppe U.S. District Court - Western District

A Roanoke U.S. District Court that granted summary judgment to defendant Kroger in a female management trainee’s suit alleging a male store manager hugged female employees and commented on their clothing, make-up and general appearance, awards defendants costs of $5,396.56, ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

The 4th Circuit upholds summary judgment for an employer who fired a restaurant manager for reporting a coworker’s complaint of sexual harassment, which the employer determined after investigation was fabricated; filing a false report is not protected activity under Title ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Judge William B. Traxler Jr.