Employment Discrimination Report Index-Summary

JOB DESCRIPTIONS

– Age and sex bias, performance appraisal and description need, timeliness (D.C. Cir.) , 34:208
– Religious bias, need for outline of job responsibilities, Web insights, 34:167

JOB PERFORMANCE

See PERFORMANCE, JOB

JOB POSTINGS

– Hiring

See HIRING

– Transfers

See TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES

JOINT EMPLOYERS

– Religious bias, hotel management firm that was not direct employer can be sued, Muslim female applicants with head scarves not interviewed (W.D. Ky.), 34:488

JUDGES

– Direct examination, time limits (Mich. Ct. App.), 35:538
– Disability and national origin bias, and retaliation, HUD ALJ's accommodation, harassment and marginalization complaint (D.D.C.), 34:251
– Racial bias, appointment denial, overturning verdict for white lawyer (Mo. Ct. App.), 34:216

JUDICIAL ESTOPPEL

– Disability bias, sales representative's claims not barred by benefits application (2d Cir.), 34:269
– Retaliation, standing to appeal summary judgment but claim estopped (D.C. Cir.), 34:681
– Sex bias, EEOC argument rejected in Cintas hiring action (E.D. Mich.), 35:374
– Sexual harassment, action estopped due to nondisclosure in bankruptcy (6th Cir.), 35:211

JUDICIAL REVIEW

– Age bias, review of arbitration award, claim revived (Cal.), 34:512
– Removal of suit, order denying all motions before removal not final appealable order (5th Cir.), 34:364
– Sexual harassment, scope of review (Miss. Ct. App.), 35:578

JURIES

– Age bias

– – “Determining factor” instruction erroneous for federal standard but valid under state law upheld (8th Cir.), 35:397
– – “Replacement” method of proof, instruction error (Ohio Ct. App.), 34:514

– Disability bias

– – Accommodation before shift instruction not justified, firing for attendance upheld (Iowa Ct. App.), 35:424
– – Direct threat instruction and fecal incontinence (6th Cir.), 34:516
– – Motivating factor for discharge, instructions on §501 proof requirements, VA nurse's claims (4th Cir.), 34:506

– FMLA

– – Front pay

– – – Interrogatory answer ambiguous, denial vacated and remanded (3d Cir.), 34:393
– – – Judge-determined equitable relief (9th Cir.), 34:309

– – Notice, driver must show employer put on notice, new trial (8th Cir.), 35:274

– National origin and racial bias, refusal to give cautionary instruction on testimony not reversible error (6th Cir.), 34:625
– National origin bias, peremptory strikes to remove Hispanic jurors, verdict reversal (9th Cir.), 34:425
– Racial bias and retaliation

– – IRS employee's demotion, rejection of pretext jury instruction (U.S., rev den), 34:470
– – Wyeth engineer's claim retaliation revived, error in causation charge (2d Cir.), 35:191

– Retaliation, instructions

– – Hospital dispatcher's claim, instruction on proof burden upheld (1st Cir.), 35:110
– – Mixed-motive liability theory still available despite Gross ruling (5th Cir.), 34:384

– Sex bias and retaliation

– – Officer's claim over assignment denial, no error in instructions (7th Cir.), 34:40
– – UPS driver granted new trial, inconsistent answers to special verdict questions (6th Cir.), 34:655

– Sexual harassment, retaliation, and constructive discharge, instruction error (9th Cir.), 35:17
– Spoliation, bad faith not found, no default, adverse inference charge appropriate (D.D.C.), 35:344
– Standing, educational interviews by nonparty lawyers' group (10th Cir.), 34:176
– Upper Midwest Employment Law Inst., judge tells lawyers to rethink presentation strategies, 34:671

JURISDICTION

– Age bias

– – FAA order challenge, no subject matter jurisdiction, designated engineering representative not considered employee (5th Cir.), 35:214
– – Unintentional jurisdictional error, proof lacking, no tolling of time limit (Tex.), 34:421

– Attorney-judgment rule, malpractice (Mich. Ct. App.), 34:219
– Attorneys' fees, appellate fees must be requested from appeals court (10th Cir.), 35:223
– Bankruptcy, United Airlines ramp supervisor's claims for removal of counseling letters justiciable (10th Cir.), 34:8; (U.S., rev den), 35:411
– Breach of contract

– – ALJ's order, no jurisdiction over USPS worker's breach claim when agreement incorporated into order (Fed. Cl.), 35:324
– – Appellate jurisdiction over transferred claims (D.C. Cir.), 35:41

– Disability bias, karate instructor's obesity claims (E.D.N.Y.), 35:538
– EPA, similar pending Title VII promotion denial claim blocks pay claim (Fed. Cir.), 34:155
– Exhaustion of administrative remedies

See EXHAUSTION OF REMEDIES

– Health care providers, OFCPP

– – Natl. Employment Law Inst., discussion, 35:488
– – Subcontractor status and danger of complacency, Analysis, 34:490
– – TRICARE, participating hospital (DOL OALJ), 35:492

– Immunity

– – Qualified immunity

See QUALIFIED IMMUNITY

– – Sovereign immunity

See SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY

– – United Nations and officials shielded from sex bias and retaliation claims (2d Cir.), 34:298; (U.S., rev den), 35:410

– Interlocutory injunction over personnel board appointments merged with final order, not appealable (11th Cir.), 34:535
– Juror access for educational interviews by nonparty lawyers' group (10th Cir.), 34:176
– Probationary IRS worker with visions of Jesus not “employee” (Fed. Cir.), 35:187
– Settlements, enforcement of EEOC agreement is for federal not state court (D. Md.), 35:371
– Sexual orientation bias, nonresident fired for perceived homosexuality may sue (S.D.N.Y.), 34:126
– Worksharing agreements, timely filing despite failure to sue within 90 days of state right-to-sue notice (10th Cir.), 34:532

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT (DOJ)

– Enforcement

– – EEOC, joint memo expected, 34:5
– – Senate panel hearing, official cites 2009 filings as proof of stepped up action, 34:473

JUSTICIABILITY

– National origin and sex bias claims barred by Feres doctrine (8th Cir.), 35:210
– Sex BFOQ at women's prison, opinion letter not reviewable (Wash. Ct. App.), 35:138