The short answer, YES! On June 22, 2018, the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, handed down a decision in the case of Batten v. Global Contact Services, LLC, where it ruled that a hug from a supervisor could be actionable conduct under Title VII, the New York State Human Rights Law… Read more »
PHILADELPHIA, PA—The world’s favorite… or at least the most popular coffee chain, Starbucks is back in the news for discriminating against its customers. Apparently, even after closing all of its U.S. stores on May 29, 2018, for racial bias training, after one of their employees in April called the police on two black men who… Read more »
What is an arbitration agreement? Well, it is essentially an agreement between an employer and employee to not sue their employer if the company fires him or her for bad reasons or the employee feels discriminated against at work. This meets the employee agreed not to pursue any legal action against your employer in court… Read more »
#MeToo: World Cup Female Commentators
The 2018 World Cup in Russia seems to come with endless surprises and upsets, all bets are out the window. The soccer greats of Argentina, Germany, and Brazil struggled from the beginning, yet underdogs, like Uruguay, Iceland, and England became surprising contenders. Nevertheless, each day that passes since I began to write this article the… Read more »
By Kelly O'Connell, Esq. | Published July 4, 2018 | Posted in Discrimination Law, Gender Discrimination, Sexual Harassment | Tagged 2018 World Cup, Aly Wagner, attorneys, Brazil, Brazilian, commentary, fútbol, GENDER, gender discrimination, Julia Guimaraes, Julieth Gonzalez Theran, kelly oconnell, machismo, Maria Fernanda Mora, minority, New York, o'connell, sexual harassment, soccer, South Africa World Cup, the times were a changin, Trump, US women’s soccer team, Veronica Brunati, Vicki Sparks, victims, Viviana Vila, Women's Equality Day, World Cup |