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Judicial appointees are human beings, and it is no secret that some of them believe employment cases are the red-headed stepchild of civil litigation. We and others have discerned a judicial distaste for employment cases, probably due to a variety of factors, likely including the following: many...
Today, a minority of United States Senators, all of them Republican, killed legislation meant to fight gender discrimination in the workplace. The Paycheck Fairness Act, supported by 9 out of every 10 Americans, and by the overwhelming majority of Republican voters, would have held corporations...
Though employment discrimination is most commonly understood as a field defined entirely by federal law, in fact it is not. States and localities play a pivotal role in the fight against workplace discrimination. Their laws often afford stronger protections and more substantial remedies than...
Pregnancy discrimination involves treating a woman (an applicant or employee) unfavorably because of pregnancy, childbirth, or a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) forbids discrimination based on pregnancy when it comes to any aspect of...
Earlier this Fall, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (S. 3565), a bill that would require employers to make reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees and job applicants as well as those with limitations related to childbirth. Long overdue, and modeled...
A recent report from the Government Accountability Office has found that once unemployed, it takes older job seekers significantly longer to find new work. Since the recession started, the median length of unemployment has more than tripled for older workers, increasing at a greater rate than...
Common stereotypes about older workers include unwarranted assumptions that older workers are tired, grumpy, more costly, harder to train, less adaptable, less motivated, less flexible, more resistant to change, and less energetic than younger employees. These stereotypes stem from depictions of...
Don't assume your first pay offer will be the same as what a similar male graduate will get. Fifty years after the Equal Pay Act was passed, studies continue to find a pay gap between men and women. Some of the difference - women earn about four-fifths of men's pay - can be attributed to...
Charles A. Lamberton recently recovered $1,350,000.00 for two clients. The first case involved an insurance bad faith claim, and the second was a military service discrimination case under USERRA.
The Lamberton Law Firm is pleased to have recovered $700,000 for two of its clients in their recent civil rights cases. The first case involved a claim of age discrimination, and the second a claim of disability discrimination.
Mr. Lamberton recently obtained a significant recovery for a client in a pregnancy discrimination case, involving a current cash component and reinstatement offer with a combined total cash value of more than $500,000. The employer will also revamp its written employment policies, and provide...