White-on-white racial bias claim succeeds at MCAD
The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination has ordered a Caucasian man to pay $60,000 in damages and fines for hurling racial slurs at a white employee. MCAD Hearing Officer Judith E. Kaplan...
View ArticleEmployment – Discrimination – Opposition
Where a complainant hotel employee was discriminated against on the basis of race and color, he should be awarded $112,127 in damages for back pay, plus $50,000 in emotional distress damages.
View ArticleEmployment – Discrimination – Age and gender
Where a respondent employer has defaulted on a complainant’s claims of age and gender discrimination, the complainant should be awarded lost wages ($167,380) and emotional distress damages ($75,000).
View ArticleEmployment – Discrimination – Age and gender – Retaliation
Where a judge ruled for the defendant employer on a plaintiff employee’s claims of retaliation and age and gender discrimination, there was no error, as (1) the gender discrimination was waived in...
View ArticleEmployer found not liable for repeated reprimands
An employer that repeatedly reprimanded an employee after she complained of racial discrimination could not be held liable for retaliation, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined. The...
View ArticleEmployment – Discrimination – Retaliation
Where the plaintiff, a former employee of the defendant company, filed suit against the defendant and several of its managers, claiming disability discrimination, age discrimination and retaliation...
View ArticleEmployment – Discrimination – Islam – National origin
Where a jury found in favor of a plaintiff who alleged that he was denied career advancement opportunities on account of his religion (Islam) and national origin (Egyptian-American), the evidence was...
View ArticleAiding, abetting claim vs. supervisor allowed
A U.S. magistrate judge has ruled that a college professor can move forward with a lawsuit accusing her supervisor — who allegedly sexually harassed her at work — of aiding and abetting employment...
View Article$100K in attorneys’ fees OK’d for $7,500 verdict
A judge did not abuse his discretion by approving a $100,000 counsel-fee award in a Chapter 151B employment discrimination case that netted only a $7,500 jury verdict, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of...
View ArticleJudge allows punitive damages on fired guard’s retaliation claim
Punitive damages were warranted against a hospital for terminating a male security guard who claimed harassment by a female co-worker and then complained that the hospital’s investigation into the...
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