Discrimination: Race, Gender, Religion, Age, Disability etc.

Employee Discrimination against a High Achiever

Gehan was one of only three Christians employed by a leading American pharmaceutical company in the Middle East. His superior made it clear, however, that he wanted no Christians on his team and over three years Gehan was subjected to systematic employee discrimination, ending in the loss of his job. [MORE: DISCRIMINATION AGAINST CHRISTIAN]

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A former secretary for the city of Point Pleasant, West Virginia has alleged that her removal from her position was politically motivated. The firing occurred after a 2007 municipal election ousted former mayor James H. Wilson. [MORE: SECRETARY FIRED]

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On Monday April 21, 2008, McCormick and Schmick's Seafood Restaurants were accused by the federal government for approximately ten years of discrimination against African American applicants and employees in their Baltimore restaurants. This comes right after another case in which, on April 3, the company made the decision to settle a discrimination case in San Francisco for $1.1 million. [MORE: RESTAURANT DISCRIMINATION]

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On Tuesday April 15, 2008, a lawsuit against 3M for age discrimination was awarded class-action status in a case that could affect approximately 6,000 employees over the age of 45. The suit was filed by five plaintiffs 3 ½ years ago that alleged the 3M CEO, Jim McNerney, showed favoritism toward younger workers by implementing termination policies that harmed older workers, affected pay, hampered the ability to receive a promotion, and denied training. [MORE: AGE DISCRIMINATION]

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On March 28, 2008, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit in Denver, with the U.S. District Court of Colorado, against Albertson's LLC that alleges that the retailer retaliated against employees at the distribution center located in Aurora, Colorado. [MORE: ALBERTSON'S DISCRIMINATION]

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Books for Less has recently been embroiled in a legal battle with twenty-one prior employees. Thirteen of the twenty-one employees had been in the employ of the book giant's Blawnox warehouse. The twenty-one involved in the lawsuit will receive a portion of a joint settlement of $180,000. The lawsuit is due to discrimination both racial and sexual in nature against Books for Less. [MORE: RACE DISCRIMINATION]

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Supreme Court justices are now scratching their heads due to two new job discrimination cases that have fallen into their laps. They are wondering exactly how well federal law protects employees from retaliation by their employers when they make claims of discrimination. This is despite a ruling three years prior by the justices that has now left the law wide open for interpretation. [MORE: JOB DISCRIMINATION]

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An investigation in underway at a religious school near Topeka, KS after alleged discrimination was launched against a female referee at St. Mary's Academy twenty-five miles northwest of Topeka. The alleged incident occurred on February 2nd when allegedly school officials would not permit a female referee to call a high school basketball game. [MORE: GENDER DISCRIMINATION]

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A Topsham, Vermont man has been awarded a large sum of money in an age discrimination lawsuit in which he claims he was denied a job as a town road foreman because of his age. The man, James "Bucky" Spooner was awarded $241,119 by an Orange County Superior Court jury as a result of his claim. [MORE: AGE DISCRIMINATION]

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When Ivan left his job in New York to take a position with General Physics, he found that racial discrimination stood in his way. He said his positive attitude turned to suspicion when the two black people in his group failed to qualify for jobs but the people who were white were all hired. [MORE: JOB DISCRIMINATION]

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Michigan's Governor, Jennifer M. Granholm, recently issued an order that bars discrimination against state workers based on their "gender identity or expression". The resolution states, "State employment practices and procedures that encourage nondiscriminatory and equal employment practices provide desirable models for the private sector and local governments". [MORE: TRANSGENDER DISCRIMINATION]

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He stood at the dais and said those magic words: "I Have a Dream..." The late Martin Luther King Jr, felled in a hail of gunfire almost forty years ago, was setting the stage for his vision of equality amongst all races and all peoples: whites, African-American, Hispanic. Age. Gender. An end to discrimination. [MORE: TRANSGENDER DISCRIMINATION]

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