Bucks County Discrimination Lawyers: Discriminatory Practices by Uber and Lyft

Ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft have proven to be extremely popular. The ease of access and simplicity of the system have changed the way that public transportation works for many people. This technology, however, exposes a potential pitfall. A recent study has shown troubling results indicating discrimination from Uber and Lyft drivers, mainly [ ]
http://www.discrimlaw.net/2017/01/12/bucks-county-discrimination-lawyers-discriminatory-practices-uber-lyft/

Philadelphia Health Care Lawyers: Hospitals’ Failure to Report Fatalities

In a recent report, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported that 12 hospitals in the United States failed to comply with their requirement to report device-related patient fatalities to the devices’ manufacturers in a timely manner. Device manufacturers have a 30-day window to report the patient fatalities to the FDA, which may [ ] The post Philadelphia Health Care Lawyers: Hospitals’ Failure to Report Fatalities appeared first on Discrimlaw Healthcare.
http://www.healthcarelawfirm.net/2017/01/11/philadelphia-health-care-lawyers-hospitals-failure-report-fatalities/

Chester County LGBT Lawyers: Supreme Court’s School Transgender Case

In October, the Supreme Court announced they would determine whether public schools could require transgender students to use the restroom for the gender they were born. A lower court in Virginia, where the teen in the case attends school, ordered that the teen who was born female but identifies as male be permitted to use [ ]
http://www.discrimlaw.net/2017/01/06/chester-county-lgbt-lawyers-supreme-courts-school-transgender-case/

Philadelphia Employment Lawyers: Former Employee Sues Verizon

A 45-year-old woman from Red Bank, New Jersey recently filed a lawsuit against Verizon Network Solutions, her former employer, after the company allegedly refused to grant her paid maternity leave after her twin boys were born prematurely. A previous cancer battle had left the mother with viable eggs, but unable to carry a baby to [ ]
http://www.discrimlaw.net/2017/01/06/philadelphia-employment-lawyers-former-employee-sues-verizon/

Philadelphia Sexual Harassment Lawyers: Men Need to Fight Sexual Harassment

When veteran broadcast journalist Gretchen Carlson filed a lawsuit against her former boss, Roger Ailes of Fox news, she never expected to be at the forefront of the campaign to end sexual harassment in the workplace. However, in an op-ed for The New York Times she said she wants to do everything she can to [ ]
http://www.discrimlaw.net/2017/01/06/philadelphia-sexual-harassment-lawyers-men-need-fight-sexual-harassment/

Cherry Hill Discrimination Lawyers: Pregnancy Discrimination in Workplace

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) of 1978 was enacted to protect women from discrimination in the workplace on the basis of childbirth, pregnancy, or any related medical conditions. The act is part of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and applies to all aspects of employment from hiring to firing and includes [ ] The post Cherry Hill Discrimination Lawyers: Pregnancy Discrimination in Workplace appeared first on Discrimlaw NJ.
http://www.njdiscrimlaw.net/2017/01/05/cherry-hill-discrimination-lawyers-pregnancy-discrimination/

South Jersey Employment Lawyers: Nurse Wrongfully Terminated After Accusing Hospital of Mishandling MRSA in Infants

A nurse from South Jersey has filed a lawsuit alleging that she was wrongfully terminated after she reported her hospital’s mishandling of a staph infection outbreak. South Jersey employment lawyers report that the outbreak, which the suit links to the passing of one infant, was allegedly due to improper cleaning of medical supplies. After the [ ] The post South Jersey Employment Lawyers: Nurse Wrongfully Terminated After Accusing Hospital of Mishandling MRSA in Infants appeared first on Discrimlaw NJ.
http://www.njdiscrimlaw.net/2017/01/04/south-jersey-employment-lawyers-nurse-terminated/