Employment Law Blog

Former Student Sues Malvern for Sexual Harassment

June 23, 2016

A former student of Malvern Preparatory School has filed a lawsuit claiming the school was negligent for failing to prevent a swimming coach from sexually harassing him. According to the claim, the harassment continued for more than a year from March of 2014 to May of 2015. The plaintiff in...

Philadelphia Employment Lawyers Discuss CEO Wage and Gender Disparity

June 20, 2016

According to a recent analysis of executive compensation by Equilar and the Associated Press, wage equality between male and female CEOs is moving in the right direction; however, employment opportunities for female CEOs remain limited. The median compensation for a female CEO has risen 13 percent since 2014 while male...

Muslim Employees Allege Religious Discrimination

June 15, 2016

A group of Muslim employees who worked for Ariens Co., a manufacturing company in Wisconsin that makes snow blowers and lawn tractors, recently filed a religious discrimination and retaliation complaint. According to the complaint, Muslim employees are being subject to employment discrimination and denied their right to religious accommodations at...

Philadelphia Employment Lawyers: Downside of Sexual Harassment Training

June 13, 2016

A researcher at the University of California Berkeley has found that sexual harassment courses aimed at preventing sexual harassment and sex and gender discrimination may actually provoke a backlash in men, making them less likely to perceive inappropriate behavior and more likely to blame victims. The researcher behind the study,...

Sexual Harassment Complaint Against Yale Professor Goes Unanswered for Years

June 8, 2016

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a right to sue letter to a former Yale student who claims she was sexually harassed by a renowned professor who subsequently punished her professionally for resisting his advances. Despite complaints other students made at other universities against the Yale ethics professor,...

Philadelphia Employment Lawyers: Lowe’s Settles EEOC Claims for $8.6 Million

May 30, 2016

Lowe’s has agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle claims brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleging that the home improvement retailer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by firing employees who a took medical leaves that extended beyond the company’s maximum leave policy. Per the agreement,...