She filed an EEOC charge. She just didn’t file the right one. TL;DR: A federal appeals court affirmed summary judgment for an employer on both a Title VII race discrimination claim and a retaliation claim. The race discrimination claim failed because the employee couldn’t show the employer’s stated reasons for

Sign-on bonuses with clawback provisions are common. Their interaction with overtime pay calculations is not well understood. A federal court in Virginia just issued a ruling that every employer using these bonuses should read. TL;DR: A federal court dismissed an FLSA overtime claim brought by an employee who argued his

A jury awarded a sexual harassment plaintiff $831,028. The employer tried to knock that down to $181,028 using a Title VII damages cap. A federal appeals court just said: you waived it. TL;DR: The Eleventh Circuit reversed a post-trial damages reduction, holding that Title VII’s employee-headcount damages cap is a

Here’s a scenario HR nightmares are made of: an employee allegedly invents a sexual harassment accusation to eliminate a rival for a coveted position. The rival gets fired. The employer gets sued for defamation. TL;DR: The Fourth Circuit vacated the dismissal of a defamation claim against a biopharmaceutical employer after

Firing a medical marijuana user after a positive drug test may seem straightforward — until a federal court explains why it isn’t. TL;DR: A Pennsylvania federal court denied summary judgment to a farm-supply retailer that fired a medical marijuana cardholder after a positive post-injury drug test, holding that Pennsylvania’s Medical