A doctor whose job is to administer potentially life-saving medicine to patients, among them Jews, was reportedly fired after celebrating the massacre of Israelis by the Islamist terror group Hamas. Here’s more from the NY Post: An emergency room physician …shared a video of the heinous Oct. 7 attack on her…
A white man working as the general manager of a hotel claimed that his white supervisor engaged in racial discrimination when she terminated his employment. Initially, I was skeptical. But not anymore. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it unlawful for employers to terminate an employee…
***ducks tomato*** I’ll give you an example. Let’s say a firefighter develops Parkinson’s Disease. Eventually, her disease leaves her incapable of performing the essential functions of her job, and she takes disability retirement at age 48. The employer has a policy allowing former employees, like the employee here, to receive…
Last year, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued a long-term care facility claiming that certain White patients/residents repeatedly directed offensive racial slurs at black nurses and nurse assistants, including “n—-r,” “coon,” “monkey,” and “Black b—–s.” One patient repeatedly told Black employees to “go back to Africa,” followed Black employees…
On August 16, 2019, an employee reported for the first time that a supervisor had made sexual comments to her that made her feel uncomfortable. The next day, management met with the alleged harasser about the allegations, and he resigned. Problem solved, right? Not exactly. The employee, who would later…
Unfortunately for the plaintiff, a federal judge disagreed. The plaintiff began her employment with the defendant as corporate counsel. After a few years of positive performance reviews and raises, the plaintiff was promoted to Acting General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer on a 12-month trial basis. The trial did not…
According to published reports, like this one from the Daily Mail, an Am Law 100 law firm rescinded a job offer to the president of a law school’s student bar association after learning that the student stated that Hamas’ slaughter of children in Israel was ‘necessary.’ The student also reportedly…
On Saturday, the Palestinian militant group Hamas carried out a surprise attack in Israel that reportedly left over 900 dead. Israel has since responded with a declaration of war. What does this Middle East conflict have to do with employment law? You have Jewish employees. Antisemitism is rising, and the…
According to reports, a pharmaceutical company fired one of its senior talent acquisition specialists last week after she appeared in a viral video on a New Jersey Transit train calling a small group of German men “f—ing immigrants and telling them to “get the f— out of our country.” An…
The same drug dealing felon Human Resources claimed said in his job interview that he would “do it all again” but ensure that he was not dealing with an undercover officer. I won’t bury the lede here. This will be a lesson in consistency. If your business takes a legitimate,…