Category Archives: Sex/Gender Discrimination
What Is Unlawful Discrimination Based On Sex Stereotyping?
Although now rarely proffered as an explicit reason for an employment decision, our employment discrimination lawyers in Marion County, Florida have learned, employers continue to make employment decisions based on sex stereotyping. “In forbidding employers to discriminate against individuals because of their sex,” as the U.S. Supreme Court in City of Los Angeles Dept…. Read More »
Can Gender-Specific Sexually Degrading Language Create A Work Environment Hostile To Women?
Through their decades of experience handling employment discrimination cases, our employment lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that employers routinely argue that employment discrimination law does not create a general civility code in the workplace. This argument is most commonly advanced in sex-based harassment cases where employers maintain that women are required to endure… Read More »
Walmart Back in EEOC’s Crosshairs, This Time for Sex Discrimination
It wasn’t so long ago that we reported on a lawsuit charging the world’s employer with disability discrimination of an employee at one of its stores in Arizona (Walmart Sued for Disability Discrimination…Again, posted June 30, 2023). We noted then that Walmart is a frequent target of charges from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission… Read More »
Can Berating Female Employees Create An Unlawful Hostile Working Environment?
For more than twenty years, our employment discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have fought for the rights of employees who have been required to work in a hostile environment. Through their decades of experience representing hostile work environment victims, our employment discrimination attorneys in Ocala, Florida know that a common employment law myth… Read More »
Are Remarks About The Incompatibility Of Motherhood & Employment Evidence Of Sex Discrimination?
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than two decades, our labor law lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that stereotypes about women’s domestic roles and women’s commitment to work continue to create a cycle of discrimination against women in the workplace. Stereotypes of this sort are often manifested in the view that women… Read More »
Are Men Protected From Sex Discrimination Under Federal Employment Discrimination Law?
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than twenty years, our labor lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that a common employment law myth is that only women are protected from sex discrimination. Federal employment discrimination law, however, protects both men and women from sex discrimination. In mandating equal treatment for both men and… Read More »
Can Harassing Conduct That Is Sexist In Nature Create A Hostile Work Environment?
Having represented employment discrimination victims for more than twenty years, our labor lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that women are often subjected to harassing conduct that is sexist in nature in the workplace. Unfortunately, our labor attorneys in Ocala, Florida have learned, many employees are unaware that harassing conduct that is sexist in… Read More »
Are Men Protected From Pay Discrimination By The Equal Pay Act?
Our Citrus County labor lawyers have litigated employment discrimination cases in Florida courts for more than two decades. Through their years of experience representing Florida employees in employment discrimination cases, our Inverness, Florida labor attorneys know that a common employment law myth is the Equal Pay Act only protects women from pay discrimination. Although… Read More »
Are Remarks That Work & Motherhood Are Incompatible Evidence Of Gender Discrimination?
For more than twenty years, our Citrus County employment lawyers have fought for the rights of employment discrimination victims. Through their decades of experience representing employment discrimination victims, our Inverness, Florida employment attorneys know that women continue to endure discrimination based on stereotypes about their alleged inability to combine work and motherhood. For example,… Read More »
Job Applicant Claims Sex Discrimination After Being Told Company Was Not Serious About Hiring A Woman
For more than twenty years, our Marion County, Florida employment discrimination lawyers have fought for the rights of employment discrimination victims. Through their decades of experience litigating employment discrimination cases, our Ocala, Florida employment discrimination attorneys know that women continue to face significant obstacles in their efforts to obtain employment. In far too many… Read More »
