A hospital security officer who was fired for missing assigned work shifts after he repeatedly requested a written copy of his work schedule as an accommodation of his dyslexia can try his claims of discrimination/retaliation and reasonable accommodation under the ...

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

Plaintiff, a bus driver injured on the job who allegedly was removed from light-duty work when she resisted a supervisor’s persistent sexual advances, has stated Title VII claims for both quid pro quo and hostile environment sexual harassment against multiple ...

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

An employee of Filipino descent who was fired by an Amazon fulfillment center cannot state a Title VII hostile environment claim with an allegation that his supervisor told him, “you Filipinos are all alike” and too “slow for me”; plaintiff’s ...

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

A 68-year-old woman who was told in July 2013 that she would not be selected for a position in her employer’s restructured division waited too late to sue for discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act ...

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

A U.S. Army Reservist and veteran hired as an elementary school teacher upon her return from deployment in Kuwait cannot sue defendant school board under USERRA for acts that occurred after her reemployment, including her discharge related to her post-traumatic ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Judge Stephanie Dawn Thacker

A woman who alleges her supervisor cut off her light-duty work after she spurned his sexual advances can sue under Title VII, a Lynchburg federal court said.

Tagged with: Employment Judge Norman K. Moon

A plaintiff who worked for the Health Department in Alexandria was an employee of the state, and his EEOC charge alleging discrimination in viola­tion of the Americans with Disabilities Act against the city of Alexandria fails to keep the city ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Gerald Bruce Lee U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A former employee for a defense con­tractor who alleges the contractor billed the Navy $16,460 for pistols it never de­livered and $400,000 related to installa­tion services the contractor had not yet performed cannot bring False Claims Act claims against two ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Reversing a district court, the 4th Cir­cuit says a city violated a police officer’s First Amendment rights when it disci­plined him under a social media policy prohibiting “Negative Comments” for Facebook comments about the dangers of premature promotion of inexperi­enced ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III

A Virginia State Police officer who alleges he was denied a promotion be­cause of his U.S. Army service may not sue the VSP in Virginia state court on a claim under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemploy­ment Rights Act; ...

Tagged with: Employment Supreme Court of Virginia