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Massachusetts courts have sent several recent reminders to employers that the courts will scrutinize discrimination and harassment allegations carefully before letting employers off the hook. Employers need to remember to keep their employees, especially their supervisors, up to date on recent developments, conduct appropriate and timely trainings and carefully consider adverse employment actions. Employers should investigate any claims before they escalate to costly, and perhaps unnecessary, litigation.
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Equal Opportunity Commission v. Aviation Port Services, for example, Chief Federal District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV, on April 1, 2021, awarded default damages in a case in which the EEOC contended that Aviation Port Services fired six female Passenger Service Agents when they refused to wear pants or knee-length skirts, despite requests for a religious accommodation. Chief Judge Saylor noted that APS’ Saf
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A Massachusetts state appellate court on Thursday nixed part of a Black former bouncer's race bias win against a Boston strip club, saying he hadn't given his former employer enough notice that he intended to bring a claim for racially motivated termination.
Retired Amherst police officer suing over denied promotion
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Published: 5/13/2021 7:55:51 PM
AMHERST An Amherst police lieutenant who retired in August after 32 years serving in the department alleges in a Hampshire Superior Court lawsuit that he was refused a promotion to captain in 2019 as retaliation for filing an earlier complaint.
The lawsuit against the town of Amherst, on behalf of David R. Knightly Jr. of Hadley, modifies a complaint that outlined a series of alleged actions by his superiors that led to a hostile work environment and compromised his health. Superior Court Judge Karen L. Goodwin issued a summary judgment in favor of the town in April 2020 related to most aspects of the lawsuit, including that he had suffered from gender, age and handicap discrimination.
If the town of Sharon is to be a community that continues to pride itself on its diversity, that pride cannot come without a commitment to facing and dismantling racism.