The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has been sued for failing to accommodate a boy during a school field trip. The Complaint claims that the boy's rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act were violated, when a restaurant operated by the foundation, excluded...
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Maryland Employer Sued for Failing to Accommodate Employee’s Religious Holiday
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently sued the company XPO Last Mile, Inc., in federal court in Maryland, for discriminating against a new hire because he could not start work on a Jewish Holiday. The company pulled its offer letter for Tzvi...
EEOC’s 10 Tips for Small Businesses
The EEOC recently published a Small Business Resource Center to provide information for businesses on discrimination and harassment laws. The Resource Center includes information/guides, frequently asked questions, and a list of 10 quick tips for small businesses...
Chipotle forced to pay $550,000 in pregnancy discrimination lawsuit
On August 4, 2016, a Washington D.C. jury ordered Chipotle, the popular Mexican restaurant chain, to pay $550,000 for discriminating against a former employee due to her pregnancy. The plaintiff in the case, Doris Garcia Hernandez, was fired after enduring months of...
The EEOC may be investigating Google for age discrimination
Companies in the tech industry have been faced accusations of age discrimination for years. Now, according to a recent lawsuit filing, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is investigating Google for its hiring practices, including allegations of age...
Employees who are discriminated against deserve justice
Imagine working at a company for a few years, and one day a promotion opportunity is announced. You apply and go through the interview process, feeling the whole way through that you have a great shot. Everything seems to be going well -- and then the announcement is...
Maryland UPS driver’s pregnancy discrimination case hits high court
Back in July, we wrote in this space about a dispute involving a pregnant delivery driver and her employer. National news outlets are now catching on to the story of the former Maryland UPS driver was fired after she became pregnant in 2006. The U.S. Supreme Court is...
A living legacy
Thurgood Marshall possessed one of the greatest legal minds ever. The Maryland native won 29 of his 32 Supreme Court cases, including the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954. He later served as the first African-American justice on the nation’s...
Which forms of discrimination am I protected from in Maryland?
The state of Maryland “provides every Marylander equal protection in employment,” it says on its website. It sounds good, but what does it really mean? Which forms of discrimination are you protected from? It means that your employer cannot discriminate against you...
Maryland restaurants settle race discrimination lawsuit
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was landmark legislation forbidding discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, gender or national origin. Fifty years later, it is still helping protect workers, as a recent Maryland case involving a pair of restaurants...