Jury Trial, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

A sneak peek at what a religious accommodation trial might look like for a guy who can't work Sundays

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 2/11/2025

After the case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, on January 30 a federal district court denied dueling motions for summary judgment filed by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, the U.S. Postal Service, and former Postal...more

Juries are More Likely to Find Retaliation than Discrimination

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 11/29/2022

On October 25, 2022, a federal jury in Houston awarded a woman $365,000,000 in punitive damages and over $1,000,000 in compensatory damages, after finding that her employer had terminated her in retaliation for complaining...more

Rumors, Innuendo Lead Wyoming Highway Patrol to Face Sexual Harassment Trial

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 12/22/2020

Most people know overtly sexual comments are likely to violate their employer’s rules and could lead to sexual harassment claims. But many don’t understand the comments are a problem not just because they’re sexual. That’s...more

“Mark Of The Beast” Workplace Concerns Lead To Half-Million Dollar Verdict

Fisher Phillips on 6/15/2017

Here’s some advice you probably didn’t think you needed, employers: you should avoid, at all costs, giving or threatening to give your employees the biblical Mark of the Beast. And if they think you are doing so, you should...more

No New Trial: Court Grounds EEOC Following JetStream’s Victory In Religious Discrimination Trial

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/10/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: Following a major victory for an airline-industry employer over the EEOC in a Title VII action regarding religious accommodations, the Court denied the EEOC’s motion for a new trial. The decision is a...more

Jury Awards $240,000 to Muslim Truck Drivers In EEOC Religious Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/23/2015

Star Transport Fired Truckers for Refusing to Transport Alcohol, Federal Agency Charged - CHICAGO - A federal jury in Peoria, Ill., has awarded $240,000 to two Somalian-American Muslims who were fired from their jobs as...more