By Nick Hurston  An employee who routinely received above-average performance reviews and received the highest rating possible in her last two reviews before her termination will have her discrimination case heard by a jury.   The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A former top executive in a North Carolina-based health care system who claimed in a lawsuit that he lost his job because he is a white male was awarded $10 million by a federal jury on ...

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WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — A group of Black firefighters in North Carolina has filed a lawsuit against their city and their fire chief, alleging that he has not made an effort to prevent racial discrimination, harassment and retaliation within his department. ...

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  The Ethics Committee of the North Carolina Bar is preparing to discuss three proposals that would add anti-discrimination language to the state’s Rules of Professional Conduct. During a special meeting of the ethics committee on June 26 that was ...

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When Arne Wilberg, a former YouTube employee, sued Google in March 2018, it was not your typical employment discrimination lawsuit. Wilberg accused the company of favoring women and minorities in its internal hiring policies, in turn discriminating against white and ...

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The 180-day waiting period that federal employees must adhere to before filing a discrimination lawsuit against their employer begins upon filing an initial complaint, and not upon each subsequent amendment to that complaint, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

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The district court held that Baltimore County violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, but denied the EEOC’s request for back pay damages, concluding it had discretion to deny a request for such damages. The 4th Circuit disagreed, holding that ...

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WINSTON-SALEM (AP) Transgender plaintiffs who think the compromise that replaced North Carolina’s so-called “bathroom bill” is still discriminatory are heading back to court. A federal judge will hear arguments June 25 from lawyers representing Republican legislative leaders who say the case ...

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Raynor v. G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 004-023-17, 14 pp.) (Frank Whitney, C.J.) 3:17-cv-00160; W.D.N.C. Holding: Plaintiff’s 2017 claim that he was not paid incentive pay based on work he did in 2014 may not be timely ...

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After allegedly failing to grant a disabled employee a reasonable accommodation allowing her to complete a pre-employment drug screening at its Charlotte office, a healthcare company has agreed to pay $35,000 to settle the discrimination case, the plaintiff’s attorneys report. ...

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