Discrimination

 

• 52-year old Vietnamese CPA “downsized” alleging age & ethnic discrimination.

• Lesbian woman executive over 40 sued government agency for wrongful termination and discrimination; defenses included wrongdoing at work regarding protecting her lover’s employment.

• Several cases involving disabled employees suing employers (including governmental entities) for wrongful termination in retaliation for taking time off for disability.

• Two Hispanic executives claiming ethnic discrimination and wrongful termination at an agricultural manufacturing company.

• “Failure to accommodate” claim against school district by deaf school teacher.

• Wrongful termination from pregnancy, and other pregnancy discrimination matters.

• Wrongful termination/discrimination on the basis of gender orientation.

• Wrongful termination against a major charitable organization based on a claim of age discrimination.

• Misclassification and overtime by a marketing agent who had an oral contract to represent a physician but claimed to be an employee who worked independently many hours without compensation as an employee over a period of years.

• Disability discrimination based upon replacement of a long-time employee suffering from stress after one year’s leave of absence.

• In-house employment grievance against public carrier for refusal to grant a bonus in the customary amount based upon a finding that the team on which he worked had falsified documentation at the direction of a supervisor.

• Wage and hour claim brought by a ranch hand who lived on the ranch full time and did not document hours in any way.

• Gender discrimination by a young woman against an older female supervisor on grounds that the older supervisor did not permit younger (or any) women to show their “feminine side”/emotions at work resulting in multiple complaints and a constructive discharge.

• Age discrimination against a major tech company for wrongful termination of a 58 year old woman with 17 years experience by her 32 year old supervisor.

• Wrongful termination in pregnancy discrimination based upon termination after 4 months leave of absence prior to delivery and then a requested 4 months baby bonding time.

• Current employee brings claim for retaliation for complaints of failure to engage in the interactive process against County.