Texas Employment Law Blog : San Antonio Employment Discrimination Lawyer & Attorney : McKinney Law Firm : Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination : Texas

The EEOC has filed a federal lawsuit, charging Universal Toyota with age discrimination, claiming it refused to allow salespeople older than 40 to sell Scions — a vehicle typically sold to younger drivers. Universal Toyota is part of San Antonio billionaire Red McCombs' dealership chain.  

 In the lawsuit, the EEOC seeks unspecified back wages, including any potential commissions and bonuses, on behalf of at least four former salespeople who allegedly weren't allowed to sell Scions.

• Email This
• Print
• Comments
• Trackbacks

Arizona Logistics, Inc. doing business as DSI Arizona, and its management company, Norlyn Enterprises, Inc., agreed to pay $175,000 to five former employees and to implement preventive measures as part of a settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

• Email This
• Print
• Comments
• Trackbacks

   In Dediol v. Best Chevrolet Inc., the Fifth Circuit holds for the first time that it will recognize ADEA harassment claims, and concludes that the facts were bad enough to support not only a claim for age-based harassment, but constructive discharge as well.  

"A plaintiff advances such a claim by establishing that (1) he was over the age of 40; (2) the employee was subjected to harassment, either through words or actions, based on age; (3) the nature of the harassment was such that it created an objectively intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment; and (4) there exists some basis for liability on the part of the employer."

• Email This
• Print
• Comments
• Trackbacks

   According to a lawsuit filed last week by the EEOC, Josefina Hernandez, a cashier at Walgreens’ South San Francisco store, was on duty when she opened a $1.39 bag of chips because she was suffering from an attack of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). Hernandez had worked for Walgreens for almost 18 years with no disciplinary record, and Walgreens knew of her diabetes. Nevertheless, Walgreens fired her after being informed that Hernandez had eaten the chips because her blood sugar was low, even though she paid for the chips when she came off cashier duty.

• Email This
• Print
• Comments (1)
• Trackbacks