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Was Graveyard Shift Transfer a Result of Discrimination?

HR Daily Advisor

A federal judge in Aberdeen, Mississippi recently heard an employee’s claims that she was rescheduled to the graveyard shift as a result of discrimination and that she had been subjected to a hostile work environment. In February 2016, however, Covenant Dove informed Shirley that she would be moved back to her original late-night shift.

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Is Withdrawing a Discrimination Claim Protected Activity?

HR Daily Advisor

We all understand that filing a discrimination charge with a government agency is protected activity, but one employee recently claimed that withdrawing such a charge is also protected. On August 3, 2012, the EEOC dismissed her charge without finding evidence to support her allegations of discrimination. Background.

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EEOC Probe into Mandatory Retirement Age Results in $6.8 Million Settlement

HR Digest

The Scripps Clinic age discrimination case revolved around a 2014 policy that mandated that physicians had to retire from their role in the group at the age of 75 in order to ensure patient safety. The ADEA protects employees above the age of 40 from any bias and discrimination in a professional setting. The Scripps $6.8

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Temporary Nondiscrimination Relief Gets Another Year Extension By IRS

ACA Times

Notice 2016-57 explains that for another year, temporary relief may be provided for closed defined benefit plans. 410 defines these qualified plans as those that do not discriminate in favor of certain higher paid employees’ (otherwise known as highly compensated employees, or HCEs ) favor.

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Forced Pagan Ritual Ends in Discrimination Lawsuit for Virginia Employer

HR Daily Advisor

District Court in Norfolk, Virginia, drives this point home—and reminds employers to train managers and supervisors on discrimination and sexual harassment in order to avoid these types of lawsuits in the future. Then, in August 2016, things got weird. She has been at BLR since 2014. A recent lawsuit filed in the U.S.

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If at first, you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try again. Then, file an age discrimination lawsuit. Then try again.

The Employer Handbook

And in the Winter of 2014, the woman did land a job in the school district as a full-time substitute teacher. But, in 2016, she applied again. So, she gave up applying and just sued for age discrimination. if not better qualified than the successful applicant, and the record contains other probative evidence of discrimination.

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Walmart to Pay $7.5 Million to Settle Same-Sex Benefits Discrimination Suit

HR Daily Advisor

District Court for the District of Massachusetts, retail giant Walmart has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that it discriminated against gays and lesbians in the administration of its spousal health insurance benefits. The proposed settlement, filed December 2, 2016, must still be approved by Judge William G.