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EEOC explains protections for employees who experience domestic or dating violence, sexual assault or stalking
The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) has released a fact sheet advising how employment practices that discriminate against applicants or employees who have experienced domestic or dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking may violate Title VII. While the EEOC acknowledges that...
Pay gap between men and women narrowing
According to the latest numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) last week, based on the weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers, women now earn 82 percent as much as men - up from 64 percent in 1980. In recent discussions of the wage gap, a...
The Supreme Court, corporate cash and the appearance of political bias
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recently defended the 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission at The Federal Society's annual dinner held last Thursday night, jabbing at critics of the U.S. Supreme Court's majority opinion. Alito said arguments can be made for...
Researchers find judicial bias against employees
Judicial appointees are human beings, and it is no secret that some of them believe employment cases are the red-headed stepchild of civil litigation. We and others have discerned a judicial distaste for employment cases, probably due to a variety of factors, likely including the following: many...
Republican filibuster kills Paycheck Fairness Act
Today, a minority of United States Senators, all of them Republican, killed legislation meant to fight gender discrimination in the workplace. The Paycheck Fairness Act, supported by 9 out of every 10 Americans, and by the overwhelming majority of Republican voters, would have held corporations...
Whence came this enlightened law?
Though employment discrimination is most commonly understood as a field defined entirely by federal law, in fact it is not. States and localities play a pivotal role in the fight against workplace discrimination. Their laws often afford stronger protections and more substantial remedies than...
Some tips for expecting moms and new moms
Pregnancy discrimination involves treating a woman (an applicant or employee) unfavorably because of pregnancy, childbirth, or a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) forbids discrimination based on pregnancy when it comes to any aspect of...
Pregnancy accommodation bills introduced in House and Senate
Earlier this Fall, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (S. 3565), a bill that would require employers to make reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees and job applicants as well as those with limitations related to childbirth. Long overdue, and modeled...
When times are hard, older workers get hit the hardest
A recent report from the Government Accountability Office has found that once unemployed, it takes older job seekers significantly longer to find new work. Since the recession started, the median length of unemployment has more than tripled for older workers, increasing at a greater rate than...
Older worker stereotypes deeply entrenched
Common stereotypes about older workers include unwarranted assumptions that older workers are tired, grumpy, more costly, harder to train, less adaptable, less motivated, less flexible, more resistant to change, and less energetic than younger employees. These stereotypes stem from depictions of...
Young women, college and the wage gap
Don't assume your first pay offer will be the same as what a similar male graduate will get. Fifty years after the Equal Pay Act was passed, studies continue to find a pay gap between men and women. Some of the difference - women earn about four-fifths of men's pay - can be attributed to...
Results: $1.35 Million in USERRA and disability insurance cases
Charles A. Lamberton recently recovered $1,350,000.00 for two clients. The first case involved an insurance bad faith claim, and the second was a military service discrimination case under USERRA.
Results: $700,000 in age and disability cases
The Lamberton Law Firm is pleased to have recovered $700,000 for two of its clients in their recent civil rights cases. The first case involved a claim of age discrimination, and the second a claim of disability discrimination.
Results: $500,000 in pregnancy discrimination case
Mr. Lamberton recently obtained a significant recovery for a client in a pregnancy discrimination case, involving a current cash component and reinstatement offer with a combined total cash value of more than $500,000. The employer will also revamp its written employment policies, and provide...