The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an ex-Tinder employee must arbitrate her claims against her former employer and cannot pursue her claims in court, even though her claims arose before she executed an arbitration agreement. In reaching this decision, the Ninth Circuit not only enforced the broad language of the parties’ arbitration
Connecticut High Court to Decide If Women-Only Workout Area Violates State Anti-Discrimination Law
On May 7, 2021, the Connecticut Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case of Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities (CHRO) v. Edge Fitness, LLC, et al., SC 20538 (Conn.). The case presents an issue of first impression and arises out of the State of Connecticut’s claim that a separate women-only workout
Ohio’s Employment Law Uniformity Act: New Prerequisites and Defenses for Discrimination Claims
Ohio employment discrimination claims filed on or after April 15, 2021, will be subject to certain prerequisites under the newly enacted Employment Law Uniformity Act (ELUA). Jackson Lewis’ in-depth webinar regarding the ELUA is available here.
The ELUA updates the state’s antidiscrimination statute (Ohio Revised Code § 4112), which has been in effect since
No Liability for School in $4-Million Gender Discrimination Suit, Jury Finds
A federal jury concluded that the former Superintendent of the East Greenbush Central School District failed meet her burden of proving she was terminated based on her gender and pregnancy status. Accordingly, the District was not liable for the more than $4 million in damages sought.
Angela Nagle became Superintendent of the District in 2008.
Scientist Awarded $3M by Pennsylvania Jury in Gender Discrimination Suit
A federal jury recently awarded a female scientist $3 million for her gender discrimination claims against PPG Industries, Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Half of the award was for emotional distress damages.
In the case, Carol Knox worked for PPG for 23 years and was a Project Manager in the research and development group, where
Pennsylvania Jury Finds Female Professor’s Retaliation Claims Pass the Test
A federal jury has awarded a female professor lost earnings and punitive damages on two counts of employment retaliation, despite rejecting her claim of sex discrimination in a university’s distribution of coveted teaching assignments. Baugh v. Robert Morris University, No. 2016-cv-430 (W.D. Pa. Sept. 11, 2018).
Jeanne Baugh, a computer programming professor at Robert
No Horseplay Here: Jury Awards Employee $2.4 Million in Damages for Sex Discrimination
A company’s potential monetary liability for workplace discrimination can be crippling. A jury in the U.S. District for the Northern District of Illinois had awarded a male grocery store butcher $2.4 million in compensatory and punitive damages on his claim of sexual harassment against a small grocery store located in the south side of Chicago.