A union filed an unfair labor practice charge alleging that a company discriminated against union-represented employees by paying them a lesser bonus than non-union employees. The Employer argued it did not discriminate in paying the lower bonus amount to union employees because negotiated wage increases for union employees exceeded increases granted to non-union employees. The…

Companies are not insulated from defending employment discrimination claims just because the worker is technically employed by a staffing agency. In Hexmer v. General Electric Company, the plaintiff had been working as a project consultant for a staffing agency. She was assigned to a GE facility and was responsible for updating GE power plant manuals,…

Most of the age discrimination cases I defend on behalf of companies are of the indirect evidence variety. Rarely do I come across a direct evidence case. But it appears that courts are expanding direct evidence of age discrimination into areas historically occupied by indirect evidence. In Missouri, a septuagenarian alleged he was fired because…