“Sex-plus” discrimination claims expand Title VII’s protection to subgroups of employees who suffer discrimination based on multiple characteristics. Although these claims have typically been harder to prove than those based on one characteristic alone, two
Yesterday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a supervisor allegedly calling an employee, “You fucking n***er,” could, without more, be enough to establish a hostile work environment under Title VII. Daniel v. T&M
Below is the National Law Review’s description of the Go-To Thought Leader award for Eric Bachman The National Law Review named Eric Bachman, chair of Zuckerman Law’s discrimination and retaliation practice group as a Go-To Thought
Bachman Law founder, Eric Bachman, spoke at the National Employment Lawyers’ Association’s (NELA) fall conference on litigating race and national origin discrimination claims. Bachman has been asked to present at the NELA seminar, which runs
Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) (H.R. 2694), which could have major implications for companies around the country. If enacted, the PWFA would require most employers to provide reasonable accommodations
Zuckerman Law principal Eric Bachman was named to the prestigious “Best Lawyers in America” list for 2021 by Best Lawyers in the fields of Employment Law and Civil Rights Law. Best Lawyers®, the oldest and
Workplace bullying and its damaging effects have been hot topics in the news recently. In these stories, a generally toxic office culture is often discussed interchangeably with the legal concept of a hostile work environment.
In employment discrimination cases, perhaps the most obvious form of damages is lost pay if the employee is forced to leave the company. But an equally, and in some cases more impactful, remedy is emotional
Bloomberg Law recently spoke with age discrimination lawyer Eric Bachman about the Catch-22 that many older employees may find themselves in once companies start rehiring employees: “Return to work and risk exposure, or refuse and
If an employer unlawfully fires an employee because of, for example, their age or gender, or because they are a whistleblower, then the employee can win significant lost pay damages in court. In fact, Title VII
