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You don’t need to be on the payroll to be an employee.

Good v. Fairfax County, et al.,Civil Action No. 1:14-cv-1350 (E.D.Va. December 19, 2014). Ann Good, the plaintiff, was hired by the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office in 1993 as a Deputy Sheriff. Fifteen years later, she began working as a Basic Instructor at the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy, referred to in this decision as the CJA. The CJA provides training to new recruits for both the…

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#Co-employer #Demotion #Discrimination based on sex #Joint employer #Police #Reassignment #Retaliation #Sexual assault #sexual harassment #Sheriff&039;s Office #Title VII #Workplace assault

Your automatic email acknowledgement may be used as evidence against you in a court of law.

Wilson v. Dollar General Corporation, et al., Case No. 4:14-cv-00033 (W.D.Va. November 30, 2014). We wrote about Lamont Wilson’s termination from his job at Dollar General Corporation last year here. In that case, Mr. Wilson was permanently blind in one eye, and began to lose the sight in his other eye. He sought additional leave from work in the hope that his good eye would recover, but after…

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#ADA #Blindness #discrimination #Discrimination based on disability #Dollar General #failure to hire #Job application #Retaliation

If you sit on your rights you will lose them.

Elitharp-Martin v. Pulaski County School Board, Case 7:14-cv-231 (W.D.Va. Oct. 16, 2014). In this case, the federal district court in Roanoke dismissed part of the plaintiff’s lawsuit for sexual harassment because the plaintiff’s EEOC charge had been filed too late.

The plaintiff in this case, Ms. Elitharp-Martin, was a white female who worked for Pulaski County Schools as the Director of Special…

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#damages #denial of promotion #EEOC Charge #hostile environment #quid pro quo #school board #sexual harassment #Statute of limitations #Title VII

Sovereign Immunity is a Topic Best Left to Attorneys.

Teresa Hall Marsh v. Virginia Department of Transportation, No. 6:14-cv-00006 (W.D. Va. June 16, 2014)(Moon, J.)

Plaintiff Teresa Hall Marsh worked for the Virginia Department of Transportation. Ms. Marsh complained of mold in the Lynchburg facility where she worked and complained about the effects of mold on her health. VDOT terminated Ms. Marsh’s employment and Ms. Marsh subsequently filed a…

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#ADA #Discrimination based on disability #Sovereign Immunity

If you’re a highly compensated computer guru that the company depends upon to design and implement computer solutions, you probably can’t get overtime.

Mock v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Civil Action No. 1:13cv1292 (E.D.Va. July 15, 2014). Dan Mock brought a lawsuit against his employer, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (also known as Freddie Mac), alleging that Freddie Mac had misclassified him as an exempt employee for purposes of overtime compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Freddie Mac, after some…

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#Administrative Exemption #computer professional #computer worker #computer worker exemption #Freddie Mac #Highly Compensated Employee #Highly compensated employee exemption #overtime #overtime exemptions #VMWare

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