Discrimination

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My colleague and friend, Chris McKinney has mentioned a settlement by The Scooter Store.  The Scooter Store, based in New Bruanfels, Texas, settled a case filed by the EEOC for $99,000.  The EEOC represented James Sherman, a manager who sought accommodation for his disability.  Mr. Sherman suffers from psoriatic arthritis and needed a temporary leave…

Alma Guzman-Estrada worked for Southside Independent School District for 30 years.  She was fired.  She sued Southside ISD for discrimination and retaliation.  Then she was elected to the school board.   The former employee, now a school trustee, had her day in court and has now lost.  See San Antonio Express News report.  The judge…

Under Title VII, a plaintiff can seek reinstatement if s/he wins the lawsuit.  But, many plaintiffs do not want to return to their old job.  No matter how much they may have loved their job, they fear returning to a discriminatory environment.  With proper protections, the plaintiff’s attitude might change about returning.  Many – actually…

Jon Hyman, a defense lawyer, posts a nice piece about accommodating employees’ religious requirements.  He discusses how not to provide religious accommodations: Disneyland refusing to allow a Muslim worker to wear a hijab, Burger King denying a Pentocostal employee’s request to wear a skirt instead of pants, and a New York University firing a worker…

Part of the problem in identifying racism is we as a country do not agree on what "racism" is.  I remember back when I was in college in Ft. Worth, Texas in the 1970’s, a local federal judge was accused of racism because he sometimes used the n-word.  Today, most of us would agree that…

A federal court here in San Antonio has found in favor of employees who sued AA Foundries.  i first wrote about the lawsuit here.  A manager was accused of using the n- word frequently.  A hangman’s noose was found in the breakroom.  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit on behalf of four former…

The City of Selma, Texas has settled a discrimination lawsuit for $37,500.  Capt. Jeff Moczygemba sued after he was fired.  Capt. Moczygemba was one of the few firefighters to confirm to Human Resource investigators that the Fire Chief, Ric Braun, had made anti-Hispanic comments.  Chief Braun had referred to "wetbacks" who used to clean up the…

A school district has ceased having father-daughter dances and mother-son baseball games.  Apparently, they were deemed to conflict with Rhode Island statute prohibiting gender based discrimination.   See ABA Bar Journal report.  The school canceled the activities after one mother complained because her daughter does not have a father and could not attend the…