All Employment Law Articles about Discrimination
Proving Unlawful Employment Discrimination
Employment discrimination comes in two forms, "disparate" (i.e., differing) treatment and disparate impact. Disparate impact describes differing treatment resulting from an otherwise neutral employmen...
posted by Neil Klingshirn | Jan 16, 2010 08:23 AM [EST] in Discrimination | applies to All States
EEOC Time Limit for Filing a Charge of Discrimination
Before a sexual harassment or other discrimination victim can file suit in federal court, they must first file a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Feder...
posted by Neil Klingshirn | Aug 6, 2009 2:23 PM [EST] in Discrimination | applies to All States
Overview of Unlawful Employment Discrimination
Unlawful employment discrimination means adverse treatment of employees motivated by the employees' age, sex, race, creed, religion, national origin, disability, veterans status or other protected cla...
posted by Neil Klingshirn | Jul 17, 2009 1:49 PM [EST] in Discrimination | applies to All States
Same Actor Inference
The "same actor inference" is a defense theory based on the logic that a discriminatory employer will not hire a person in a protected class. Therefore, the logic goes, where the same person hires the...
posted by Neil Klingshirn | Jul 11, 2008 07:14 AM [EST] in Discrimination | applies to Ohio