Civil Rights Act

Racial Preferences at a Nursing Home and a Transgender’s Workplace Discrimination Claim against Whole Foods

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights, Harassment, Health Care Employee Rights, Retaliation, Workplace Discrimination
Earlier this week, a black nursing home supervisor brought her race discrimination case to the U.S. Supreme Court.  In her case, Ms. Jill Crane alleged that the rehabilitation facility (Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital) that she worked at unlawfully honored a white family’s request not to be cared for by black ...

Protected Speech in Quicken Loans’ Workplace and the Creation of Hostile Work Environment Awards Choked Worker $7.4M

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights, Harassment, Workplace Discrimination
A recent case involved the termination of an employee after another employee overheard him swearing in the bathroom while discussing client matters.  Specifically, a Quicken Loans representative was speaking to another in the restroom when he was overheard by another employee who was in one of the stalls.  That emplo...