The Pendulum swings. Recent times have demonstrated just how far. Earlier, sweat shops led to child labor laws. Decades of racial discrimination led to quota systems. Of late, claims of “sexual harassment” and “hostile work environments” have led to laws and lawsuits that make employers wonder what they can do to avoid both claims and …
Lilly, a female supervisor at a Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant in Alabama from 1979 to 1998, held a position typically held by men. See Ledbetter v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., 550 U.S. 616, 643,127 S.Ct. 2162, 2178 (2007). Although at first her salary was in line with theirs, her pay later …
Often misunderstood by state and federal courts (and lawyers), the Economic Loss Doctrine (the “Doctrine”), as enunciated in 2003, precludes an aggrieved party from recovering economic damages in tort unless accompanied by physical harm in the form of personal injury or secondary property damage.Its purpose has been to distinguish contract claims (with only pecuniary injury) …
$3,843,041.93.This was the initial verdict–including punitive damages–for Lilly Ledbetter in her Title VII lawsuit against former employer, Goodyear Tire & Rubber (See our Winter 2007 Newsletter).Lilly began working for Goodyear in 1979.Her pay was comparable to her male counterparts. When she later received poor performance evaluations because of unlawful gender discrimination, her pay dropped in …
Arizona is a “RIGHT TO WORK” state. What does that mean; and more importantly, what doesn’t it mean? First, it should not be confused with being an “at-will employment” state, which applies to all states except Montana, and means that, if not illegal to do so and some other exception does not apply, employers and …