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Bristol County correction officer seeks $540K in employment discrimination suit
A veteran correctional officer is suing the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Paul Heroux alleging employment discrimination and retaliation. The lawsuit was filed in Bristol County Superior Court on […]
Remote work disability accommodations fuel legal clashes
Remote work disability accommodation requests are driving employment disputes as employers expand return-to-office mandates and courts refine ADA standards.
Employment – Discrimination – Tenure
Where a U.S. District Court judge dismissed a plaintiff professor’s claims that she was discriminated against based on her gender, race, sexual orientation, age and religion, that decision should be affirmed because of the plaintiff’s failure to establish discriminatory animus.
Employment – Job abandonment – Pretext
Where a defendant employer has moved for summary judgment on a plaintiff’s claims of discrimination and retaliation, that motion should be denied because a reasonable jury could find that plaintiff’s termination was driven by discrimination and retaliation rather than abandonment of his position.
Employment – Discrimination – Retaliation
Where a defendant employer has filed a partial motion to dismiss, that motion should be allowed with respect to a claim of assault and battery, which is barred by the exclusivity provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act (G.L.c. 152, §24), but otherwise denied because the plaintiff’s discrimination, retaliation, and breach of contract claims are plausibly alleged.
Court kept jurisdiction to decide arbitral award, SCOTUS rules
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled federal courts retain jurisdiction to confirm or vacate arbitration awards after staying FAA employment cases.
Suit claims paralegal axed 24 minutes after complaining about attorney
A paralegal in a recently filed employment discrimination suit says she was fired from the Boston office of Morgan & Morgan less than 30 minutes after she complained to firm leaders and HR about her supervising attorney’s behavior.
In state’s first PFMLA verdict, employee wins $4.75M against Wayfair
A Suffolk Superior Court jury awarded $4.75M in a PFMLA retaliation case against Wayfair, highlighting the strict burden on employers under the paid leave law.
Employment – Discrimination – Retaliation
Where a defendant supervisor has moved to dismiss claims brought by a plaintiff employee, that motion should be denied because each of the claims against the supervisor is plausibly alleged.
Employment – Vaccination
Where a plaintiff who was employed as a physical therapy assistant has alleged that the defendant employer took retaliatory action against him when he declined to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, (1) the plaintiff’s 42 U.S.C. §1983 claim — alleging that the defendant, acting under color of law, violated the plaintiff’s right to free exercise of religion under the First Amendment — must be di[...]
Jury: State Police trooper suffered gender-based bias
The plaintiff sued the State Police and a fellow trooper after a series of investigations stemming from her discovery in 2016 of sexually explicit material stored on a personal hard drive the fellow trooper had connected to a State Police computer.
New MCAD regulations facing pushback from bar
Employment lawyers and civil rights groups oppose MCAD procedural changes, citing online portal mandate and expanded dismissal powers.
