Category Archives: Race Discrimination
Court Finds That Employer’s Failure To Adequately Investigate Race & Sexual Harassment Complaint Is A Basis For Liability
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) protects employees from racial and sexual harassment in the workplace. Once an employee complains to his or her employer about racial or sexual harassment, the employer is on notice and must take proper remedial action to avoid liability under Title VII. Courts generally… Read More »
Court Finds Evidence Of Race Discrimination Where Employer Fires Employees Of A Different Race For Fighting & Then Reinstates Only One Employee
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) protects employees from discrimination on the basis of race. In enacting Title VII, as the U.S. Supreme Court observed in Meritor Savings Bank, FSM v. Vinson, 477 U.S. 57 (1986), the U.S. Congress intended “to strike at the entire spectrum of disparate treatment”… Read More »
Court Finds That Supervisor’s Use Of A Racial Slur On A Single Occasion Can Create A Racial Hostile Work Environment
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (§ 1981) protect employees from discrimination on the basis of race. Discrimination cases under Title VII and § 1981 are analyzed under the same standards. Racial harassment is a form of race discrimination prohibited by Title VII and… Read More »
Can Differences In Treatment Be Used To Prove Race Discrimination?
In employment discrimination cases, as explained by the U.S. Supreme Court in Hazen Paper Co. v. Biggins, 507 U.S. 609 (1993), “[p]roof of a discriminatory motive is critical.” In race discrimination cases, an employer’s discriminatory motive is often proven by showing that the employer treated the aggrieved employee differently or less favorably from employees… Read More »
What Type Of Remarks Reflect A Discriminatory Failure To Hire?
Federal and Florida law prohibit employers from refusing to hire any individual because of his or her race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, religion, disability, or age. Although it is sometimes difficult for victims of a discriminatory failure to hire to have access to all of the information helpful in proving their case before… Read More »
Four Florida Educators Sue School Board for Racial Discrimination
A group of African-American teachers has recently filed a lawsuit against a Florida school board, alleging that, despite being qualified, they were all passed over for administrative positions due to their racial backgrounds. The teachers filed the lawsuit against the Lee County School Board for its failure to promote them to administrative positions despite… Read More »
Racial Harassment Is A Form Of Prohibited Race Discrimination
Under the Florida Civil Rights Act (“FCRA”) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), an individual is protected against discrimination with respect to his or her compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment on the basis of race. Harassment of an employee because of his or her race which… Read More »
Teacher Suing School District for Being Fired After School Discovered her Boyfriend was Black
A former math teacher at an Orlando high school has filed a lawsuit for her termination, and for allegedly being subjected to a racist skit by fellow school faculty. Audrey Dudek, who is white, worked for the Orange County Public School district from 2009 to 2013. During the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years, she… Read More »
