Employment Discrimination Blog

People can make a big difference in how much you enjoy your job and how motivated you are to do it. You interact with co-workers, managers, vendors and clients on a daily basis, and when those working relationships really work, it’s a wonderful thing. When they don’t work, however, things can turn sour. A working […]

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently settled a sexual harassment lawsuit against Mint Julep Restaurant Operations, LLC, franchisee of a Cheddar’s restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee. The allegations in the lawsuit reflect a reality in the restaurant industry that, unfortunately, is all too common. According to a report released in 2014 by The Restaurant Opportunities […]

Singer/songwriter Kesha has been in a fight for the last couple of years trying to free herself of her recording contract with Sony Music because of an alleged sexually abusive relationship with her longtime producer, Lukasz Gottwald (aka Dr. Luke). The fight has been taking place in the legal system as well as in public, […]

If you’ve been the victim of sexual harassment, you might be hesitant to raise the issue at work or pursue a legal claim. Speaking up against your harasser can be intimidating and, even though retaliation is illegal, you might have legitimate concerns about facing reprisals from your employer. There are very good reasons for speaking […]

Having to face the challenge of going to work each day in a hostile work environment can take a toll on you. Your work product, health and personal relationships can suffer when you are the target of harassment at work. You shouldn’t have to worry about jokes, slurs, touching and other unwanted conduct on top […]

Last year, McDonald’s and one of its franchisees faced an employment discrimination lawsuit that may be a sign of things to come. The lawsuit, brought by employees of McDonald’s franchises in Virginia, claimed both the franchisor and the franchisee were liable for alleged race and gender discrimination committed by supervisors at the restaurants. While the […]

Peyton Manning’s name has been in the news recently for reasons other than his football team’s Super Bowl win. You may have heard about a recent lawsuit filed against the University of Tennessee for allegedly creating a campus culture that tolerated sexual violence, specifically violence committed by male athletes against female students. The lawsuit includes […]

News of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death and the vacancy it has left on the Supreme Court has reverberated throughout the country over the last several weeks. That it happened during an election year has only heightened the attention given to the impact of his sudden absence and his potential replacement. Justice Scalia was known for […]

As we discussed in last week’s blog post, the Pao v. Kleiner Perkins gender discrimination lawsuit has opened up a broader conversation about the issues women face in the tech industry. Inspired by this conversation, a group of women with experience working in the industry decided to put some real data to the anecdotal evidence […]

If you follow tech industry news (or news about high profile employment discrimination cases, like we do), you may be aware of a recent case from California that highlights what many observers believe is a deeper discrimination issue in the tech industry. In Pao v. Kleiner Perkins, a female employee of a Silicon Valley venture […]