A restaurant server at Golden Corral who suffers from multiple sclerosis and alleges her employer refused to accommodate her request for a day-time schedule and fired her for repeatedly requesting accommodation, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, is ...

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

A defendant school system wins summary judgment in a Title VII suit filed by a job applicant who alleged he was denied a position as a substitute bus driver based on a prior criminal charge, his race and his “huge ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Jackson L. Kiser U.S. District Court - Western District

Plaintiff, a corporate paralegal of black and Native American heritage, who was fired after missing a presumed deadline for filing certain company reports with the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis, was two days too late in filing her ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An employer lost its opening bid to stop a former manager from working for an alleged competitor in a multi-state home-building business, when an Alexandria federal court denied the employer’s motion for a preliminary injunction on Feb. 14. In arguing ...

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

Although plaintiff framed his suit seeking payment of life insurance proceeds from a company ERISA plan as a fraud suit against his employer for damages for deducting premiums from his paycheck and confirming his policy in his online benefits summary, ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Judge Diana Gribbon Motz

Two groups of satellite television technicians have sufficiently alleged that defendants DIRECTV and DirectSat jointly employed the technicians for coverage by federal minimum wage and overtime pay standards, and the 4th Circuit reverses dismissal of plaintiff technicians’ FLSA suits. ’Joint ...

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

The 4th Circuit reverses summary judgment for defendants in this wage and overtime-pay suit under state and federal law filed by plaintiff drywall installers; the appeals court sets forth its own test for “joint employer” relationships under the FLSA, and ...

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

An African-American plaintiff who wears a visible leg brace and walks with a limp, and who was fired from his job as an assistant manager at an IHOP restaurant, may amend his complaint alleging discrimination under Title VII and the ...

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

The 4th Circuit upholds four labor arbitration awards for a union against a janitorial services company for violations of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement, but says the union waived its claim for attorney’s fees by not complying with Fed. R. ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Judge Albert Diaz

A Caucasian hair stylist involved in a long-term relationship with an African-American man, who was fired after she complained to the salon owner about the African-American salon manager’s racially charged comments, may try her Title VII retaliation claim against the ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Robert S. Ballou U.S. District Court - Western District