FEDEX $3.3 Million ADA Settlement
FEDEX GROUND TO PAY $3.3 MILLION TO SETTLE EEOC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT Consent Decree Requires Accommodations for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Package Handlers FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. will pay $3.3 million and provide programmatic relief to resolve a... Read More →
ACME RESOLVES DISABILITY CLAIM
EEOC SETTLEMENT OF DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION CLAIM Malvern, Pennsylvania based ACME Markets, Inc., a supermarket chain that operates 164 stores in Pennsylvania and five other states, will pay $60,000 and provide significant equitable relief to settle a disability discrimination charge filed... Read More →
Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employer Expanded Family and Medical Leave Requirements Coronavirus COVID-19 is on the tip of everyone’s tongue, but how it affects your employment is uncharted territory. Robert Maizel is an expert in the employment field... Read More →
Coronavirus & Employment
WE HOPE EVERYONE IS SAFE DURING THE COVID-19 / CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC! CALL ROBERT MAIZEL ANYTIME AT 215-695-3000. WE HOPE EVERYONE IS SAFE! WE ARE WORKING HARD DURING THE COVID-19 / CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC TO HELP OUR CLIENTS, BOTH CURRENT AND NEW,... Read More →
Police Officer Sues Bristol
Former Officer Sues Bristol, Claims He Was Wrongfully Terminated & Harassed Tom Sofield March 7, 2020 File photo A former Bristol Borough police officer is suing the municipality and several officials. Officer Justin Gross has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit... Read More →
$5.2M ADA Verdict Against Walmart
Jury Awards $5.2 Million Against Walmart in EEOC ADA Disability Discrimination Case Jury Finds Retail Giant Suspended and Failed to Accommodate Longtime Deaf Employee With Visual Impairment MADISON, Wis. – Late yesterday, a jury determined that Walmart violated federal law... Read More →
Disability Discrimination & Retaliation Suit Filed
ERICKSON LIVING MANAGEMENT SUED FOR RETALIATION Retirement Community Company Fired Director Who Opposed Disability Discrimination, Federal Agency Charges Erickson Living Management, LLC, a Catonsville, Md.-based company which builds and manages retirement communities in 11 states, violated federal law when it... Read More →
ADA Failure to Accommodate
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER WILL PAY $140,000 TO SETTLE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION (ADA) SUIT Tool Manufacturer Fired Employee Who Needed Leave for Medical Treatment Stanley Black & Decker Inc., a global diversified industrial company, will pay $140,000 and furnish significant equitable... Read More →
Self Prescribed Medical Marijuana
Employees Cannot Self Prescribe Medical Marijuana The recent decision in Parrotta v. PECO Energy, No. 18-2842, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15336 (E.D. PA Jan. 31, 2019) addresses an employee’s self-diagnosed use of medical marijuana along with a number of other... Read More →
Pregnancy Discrimination / ADA Settlement
THE CATO CORPORATION PAYS $3.5 MILLION TO SETTLE PREGNANCY / ADA DISCRIMINATION ACTION Pregnant Employees and Those With Disabilities Were Denied Reasonable Accommodations And Discharged The Cato Corporation, a leading retailer of women’s fashion and accessories, has agreed to pay... Read More →