Although an employer that prevailed in a bias suit brought by a former employee could not recover its private process server fees, appearance/travel/postage costs associated with depositions or expedited hearing transcripts, it was nevertheless awarded more than $4,800 in costs, ...

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

Where a man swore in his May 2019 EEOC charge of discrimination that he learned of his discharge in June 2018, his contrary allegation in a later complaint that he was terminated in May 2019, was ignored. Jurisdiction was lacking ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Rebecca Beach Smith U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the Bureau of Indian Affairs had no authority to hire or fire employees of a government contractor; had no supervisory authority; was not responsible for the plaintiff’s salary, insurance and taxes and was not in an employment relationship with ...

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

A woman’s termination two weeks after she made a report of racial discrimination, together with other allegations of hostile conduct during that same period, supported an inference of causation that made her retaliation claim plausible. But her hostile work environment ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Discrimination

A jury will decide if an account manager was terminated because of his poor and unprofessional job performance, as the company maintains, or because it found his wooing of a much younger woman inappropriate, as the plaintiff contends. Background This ...

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

A special education teacher can go forward with a hostile work environment claim against a school board on allegations that a student touched her genitals and lifted her dress in front of a class and that the sexual contact was ...

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

An Arlington County employee who was terminated during his probationary period failed to show his disability was the reason for the termination or that he was subjected to a hostile work environment. The evidence showed he was not meeting the ...

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

An employee’s interview performance for one position and her lack of qualifications for a second were the reasons she was not promoted to either of the two positions, rather than her age or race. Background This employment discrimination matter arises ...

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

Where a professor failed to timely file a discrimination claim against a university, he cannot reopen the time for filing the discrimination claim by filing a retaliation claim based on an email in which the university simply reiterated its refusal ...

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

The employee’s calls to the outside employee assistance provider concerning his mental health issues did not constitute protected activities under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, or ADA, because he was not opposing a practice made unlawful by the ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Discrimination