A CFO who was terminated five months after filing a complaint with the Office of State Inspector General alleging financial wrongdoing by the executive director could proceed on his claims of retaliatory discharge, but he failed to show that any ...

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

Where a sheriff terminated a deputy sheriff who supported the sheriff’s opponent during the re-election campaign, he did not violate the law. Background This case arises from Sheriff Michael L. Chapman’s decision not to reappoint Mark F. McCaffrey as a ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Judge A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr.

Only the plaintiffs who received right-to-sue letters from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission more than 180 days after filing their EEOC charges could proceed on their discrimination and retaliation claims, but all plaintiffs adequately alleged violations of the Fair Labor ...

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

Only the plaintiffs who received right-to-sue letters from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission more than 180 days after filing their EEOC charges could proceed on their discrimination and retaliation claims, but all plaintiffs adequately alleged violations of the Fair Labor ...

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

An employee had a valid claim for defamation against her employer where her supervisors falsely told her coworkers that she had been arrested for a felony, but she could not bring a claim for tortious interference because an employer cannot ...

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

An employee’s claim of discrimination on the basis of color was allowed to proceed because it was reasonably related to the race discrimination charge she had brought before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the investigation of that charge put ...

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

Nonsolicitation and nondisclosure agreements defendant signed after plaintiff hired her are enforceable because they are narrowly drawn to protect plaintiff’s legitimate business interests. However, the noncompete provision in the nondisclosure agreement is not enforceable because it is not narrowly drawn ...

Tagged with: Employment Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard E. Gardiner Virginia Circuit Courts

Where an employee was found to have been at least partially responsible for a transportation failure that left more than 150 special needs students stranded on the first day of school, the employee’s subsequent termination did not constitute unlawful discrimination, ...

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

The plaintiffs plausibly alleged the defendants’ enterprise fell within the scope of the Fair Labor Standards Act and that each of the plaintiffs had an employer-employee relationship with defendants. The court also held an FLSA retaliation claim was plausible, based ...

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

There was no evidence the reservist’s supervisor terminated the plaintiff because of his membership in the Army Reserve. Background On May 31, 2018, Communication Technologies filed a motion for summary judgment. COMTek asserts that it is entitled to judgment as ...

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