by Marvin Schuldiner | May 19, 2017 | Labor and Employment
Employment attorney Robin Shea published an excellent article over at the Employment & Labor Insider blog entitled 9 traits of a bang-up workplace investigation. In my EEOC and NJ LAD mediations over the years, I have seen a number of poorly executed...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Apr 7, 2017 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
Last year, I wrote about Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, a sexual orientation discrimination case decided by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, where the court ruled that the sex provisions under Title VII of the Civil Right Act of 1964 do not protect against...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Mar 2, 2016 | Commercial Mediation
The U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission is charged with enforcing a number of our federal workplace anti-discrimination laws. Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act sets up a number of “protected classes” (i.e. race, color, religion, sex or...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Dec 7, 2015 | Commercial Mediation
An interesting case (Robert Smith v. Millville Rescue Squad and John Redden) was heard by the New Jersey Supreme Court last week on whether an impending divorce can be a cause for employment termination. Plaintiff Robert Smith worked for the Millville Rescue Squad...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 20, 2009 | Commercial Mediation, Lawsuits
The Wall Street Journal has an article today which details some studies about how plaintiffs fare in federal court cases. In a word: badly. From 1979-2006, plaintiffs prevail in 15% of cases. The average for plaintiffs winning in federal court in all other civil...
