A former Netflix production executive has filed suit against the media company, claiming that her termination was retaliation for complaining about religious...

The First Circuit held in Velazquez-Perez v. Developers Diversified Realty Corp. that an employer may be liable under Title VII for negligently terminating an employee.

Recently, in affirming a decision by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination ("MCAD"), the Massachusetts Appeals Court held that a racial epithet can constitute discrimination in terms and conditions of employment.

A physician sued several healthcare entities for wrongful termination of employment, negligence, breach of contract, and tortious interference with at-will employment.

Employers can often feel caught between competing laws in this area.

Author and legal/political commentator Jeffrey Toobin was fired this week by The New Yorker after he horrified everybody on a Zoom conference in October by being very inappropriate.

California lawmakers have advanced legislation that would prohibit employers from using automated systems as the sole basis for terminating or disciplining workers. The bill, which awaits the governor's signature, represents one of the most comprehensive state-level attempts to regulate AI in workforce management, requiring human oversight of algorithmic decisions and mandating transparency about which digital tools influence employment outcomes.

Yesterday, this nation's highest court unanimously ruled that "majority group" plaintiffs – like white employees, heterosexual employees, and male employees...

In McGrory v. Applied Signal Technologies, Inc., Applied Signal ("AST") secured the dismissal of a former manager's claims that his termination was discriminatory and violated public policy and that AST defamed him, and a court of appeals upheld the dismissal.

New York recently enacted legislation expanding protections for employees who are offered severance agreements. The law, known as the No Severance Ultimatums Act...

Interested amici may e-file briefs not exceeding 20 pages in length to the Board by Monday, December 27, 2021.

A jury has ordered Kaiser Permanente, a California health care provider, to pay a former charge nurse more than $41 million in damages for her age and disability discrimination...

Tom, who worked for a trucking company as a driver salesman, recognized he had a drinking problem and sought leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") to engage in rehabilitation.

In a recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Assaf v. Trinity Med. Ctr., the Court upheld the ability of a physician whose employment agreement was improperly terminated by a hospital to recover lost professional fees as part of the damages for the hospital’s breach.

Recently the news media reported on a Trader Joe's employee in New York City who was supposedly fired for not smiling enough.

In a recent opinion, the South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously agreed with the lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by four individuals to challenge Governor Henry McMaster's decision...

Pier Sixty LLC ("Pier Sixty") employee Perez was upset with his supervisor, Bob McSweeney, who he believed treated both he and his coworkers unfairly and in a demeaning manner.

In a bold move which puts it in the minority among the federal circuits, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan, has extended the anti-retaliation provision of Title VII to employees who are “related to or otherwise associated with” someone who makes a complaint under this federal law.

Aberrant workplace behavior caused by stress or a psychological condition is not uncommon.

Employees who are fired for refusing to sign agreements prohibiting them from soliciting customers post-employment can now sue for wrongful termination.