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Having a sick child shouldn’t cost a person their job or health coverage. Neither should a spouse’s illness lead to either of those outcomes. The same is true for having a baby or taking time to care for a newborn. Before the Family and Medical Leave Act was made law,...
Here in Greenbelt, we are honored to be home to the U.S. District Court; one of two federal trial courts in Maryland. The courthouse is where documents were recently filed on behalf of a former employee of an area self-storage company. The woman says the company...
Regular readers will recall that our most recent post was about a female Maryland delivery driver who is to have her claims against an employer heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in Young v. United Parcel Service. She was a part-time driver who became pregnant and then...
A few days ago, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will review a Maryland case. The court will be looking at Young v. UPS to determine the reach of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and to what degree employers must accommodate pregnant employees with light...
About a year ago, the U.S. Court of the Appeals reversed a previous court’s decision that had essentially spared D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier a trial revolving around charges that she discriminated against a female African-American commander in the department. Now...
According to a Maryland county, it rejected an application by a former U.S. Capitol Police officer to serve in its volunteer mounted patrol because she lives too far away and is overqualified. Besides, Howard County argued, they don’t allow retired cops in the...
Just 50 miles east of Greenbelt is Queen Anne’s County, Maryland. That’s where wrongful termination litigation was recently settled between a former sheriff’s deputy and the county. The former deputy and her husband will receive from the county and its insurance...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit agreed that a Maryland woman had been subjected to an offensive racial slur at an Ocean City hotel where she worked. But the court nevertheless rejected her argument, noting that though the term directed at her...
Step by step, transgender people are gaining legal protections in the U.S. The latest step forward was taken right here in Maryland when Gov. Martin O’Malley last week signed legislation extending protections for transgender people against discrimination in the...
It’s time for the federal government to do more than talk the talk. It’s time for Washington to walk the walk and pass a law prohibiting workplace discrimination against federal workers based on sexual orientation, the independent Merit Systems Protection Board says...