Where an employee’s doctor concluded he had significant physical restrictions, including limitations on lifting, standing, walking, bending, squatting, crawling, pushing and pulling, and many of these were requirements of the engineering technician position pursued by the employee, he was not ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a man alleged that he was fired as a seasonal bell ringer for the Salvation Army because of his age, his claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment, or ADEA, was dismissed. He failed to allege any facts that ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Thomas T. Cullen U.S. District Court - Western District

Where an investigator in Liberty University’s Office of Equity & Compliance, or OEC, alleged that Liberty retaliated against her for complaining that Liberty discriminated against a male student during its Title IX investigation and for participating in an investigation about ...

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

Where a former Department of Defense employee argued that discrimination was the reason why he was not interviewed for a promotion, but the Army maintained he didn’t meet a high enough assessment score to qualify for an interview, and there ...

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

Where a former marketing specialist alleged claims for a hostile work environment based upon a disability and race, but she pursued only discrimination claims in her charge, never checked the “continuing action” box and pointed only to an isolated instance ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has applied the private sector “materially adverse” standard for retaliatory conduct to reverse the dismissal of a federal employee’s race-based retaliation and harassment claims under Title VII. The court held that Title VII’s ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Employment Discrimination Judge Roger L. Gregory

Where a co-worker told a former African American Army employee that she could not understand African Americans because they cannot speak properly, and a supervisor allegedly made a comment connecting the abuses of chattel slavery to athletes of African descent, ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Discrimination Judge Roger L. Gregory

Where a Black female alleged she was treated differently than white mail recruits while training at the Prince William County Jail Basic Academy, but the complaint contained no facts showing that she and the “male and or white recruits” were ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, or DEQ, argued that a male permit writer was paid more than a female permit writer because of his prior salary, but the parties disputed whether DEQ’s disparate application of compensation policies to ...

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

Where a former employee asserted a claim for interference under the Rehabilitation Act, but she failed to plead facts showing any discriminatory intent by her employer, her claim was dismissed. Background Michele Pitts-Brown’s second amended complaint, or SAC, against her ...

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