North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A garbage truck driver who was terminated for job abandonment after missing a single day of work due to illness had a valid employment discrimination claim because his performance was satisfactory, his employer’s changing rationale for the termination suggested pretext ...

Where a sheriff terminated a deputy sheriff who supported the sheriff’s opponent during the re-election campaign, he did not violate the law. Background This case arises from Sheriff Michael L. Chapman’s decision not to reappoint Mark F. McCaffrey as a ...

A university professor who alleged she was paid less than male colleagues failed to persuade the court the difference in pay was due to her gender. Instead, the court held the difference was based on legitimate factors, including different job ...

Restricting the defendant-doctor’s ability to practice in the most populated areas of North Carolina when there are very few oculofacial plastic surgeons, and even fewer who perform some of the specialized procedures he is trained to provide, raises a substantial ...

As part of its 2007 purchase of the assets of Addison Whitney, Inc., inVentiv Health, Inc., acquired Employee’s Agreements as to Work Product (EAWPs) signed by three of the defendants. When inVentiv’s successor entity, plaintiff Addison Whitney, LLC, employed those ...

Even though plaintiff had worked past the term of his employment contract while negotiating another term contract, he was not an at-will employee. He cannot state a claim for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy based on defendant’s decision ...

Where a federal government employee’s depression resulted in repeated absences and tardiness from work, her employer’s refusal to offer her a permanent position did not constitute unlawful discrimination or retaliation. Background In March 2011, the Office of the Director of ...

Unlike the mandatory nature of the state retirement system, state employees need not take advantage of health care insurance benefits, and – also unlike pensions – the level of retirement health care benefits is not dependent upon an employee’s position, ...

  Where the defendant-hospital had not breached the parties’ employment agreement when it demanded that the plaintiff-oncologist follow certain guidelines – rather than exercising his professional judgment, as the contract gave him the right to do – the hospital’s termination ...

A woman who alleged male employees circulated a rumor that she had a sexual relationship with a higher-ranking manager in order to obtain her position adequately stated a claim for discrimination and a hostile work environment, given the historical stereotypes ...