A Jackson County jury sided with the Kansas City Public School district in a case of employment discrimination decided March 13.
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Read More »A Jackson County jury sided with the Kansas City Public School district in a case of employment discrimination decided March 13.
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Read More »Kansas City officials have approved settlements totaling $544,000 for two city employees who claimed discrimination.
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Read More »A Jackson County jury ruled against a man who alleged age discrimination in the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office.
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court chose to kick off its new term by hearing a case that considers whether the Age Discrimination in Employment Act trumps constitutional age discrimination claims.
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Read More »Allstate Insurance Co. agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle an age-discrimination class action lawsuit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed nearly five years ago. The settlement fund will be divided among 90 former employees whom the insurer would not ...
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Read More »A federal judge has dismissed a discrimination claim against KMBC-TV’s president and general manager, but the lawsuit against the TV station is still proceeding. Three female newscasters – Kelly Eckerman, Peggy Breit and Maria Albisu-Twyman (known on air as Maria ...
Tagged with: age discrimination gender discrimination Greg Kays Kelly Eckerman KMBC Channel 9 Maria Albisu-Twyman Peggy Breit Wayne Godsey
Read More »Plaintiffs suing under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act must prove that but for their age they would not have suffered the adverse employment action, the U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday in a 5-4 decision. That standard is a much ...
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Read More »Most employers simply want an employee who can do the job and get along with fellow employees. This would seem to be reasonable criteria for hiring an employee. You’ve gone through a seemingly exhaustive process to get the right candidate ...
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Read More »The former interim general manager of Fleishman-Hillard’s Kansas City office says he suffered age and gender discrimination when he was fired last year. Warren Dudley claimed the younger woman who was selected over him for the permanent general manager position ...
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Read More »A former producer for KCTV has sued the station, alleging race, age and gender discrimination. Francelle R. Watson was fired from the Kansas City CBS affiliate a year ago this month, after more than 20 years with the station, according ...
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Read More »Washington University plans to appeal a $525,000 verdict issued against it in an age-discrimination claim by a former surgeon and department head. The university’s defense attorney, Joe Conran, of Husch Blackwell Sanders, said he plans on appealing after making post-trial ...
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