Silver Spring MD Wrongful Termination Law Blog

Maryland residents may have experienced some form of work place discrimination over the years and not even realized it. It is important that even as times evolve, individuals still speak up and seek justice when any wrongdoing has occurred.

Applied Vacuum Technology is a manufacturing company based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company has settled a disability discrimination suit with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The plaintiff was a former employee of the company. The plaintiff had to be hospitalized for one week and when he returned to work he was fired. The company knew of the plaintiff's particular condition, but fired him for failing to call in to work every day of his hospitalization. The EEOC's position was that the plaintiff was fired for his disability, a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Maryland residents should pay close attention to a case coming out of Jackson State University. Employment discrimination should not be tolerated in any form. The athletic director for the University is facing allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation in the workplace.

An ex-employee of Jackson State University has filed suit against athletic director, Vivian Fuller. The plaintiff claims that she was subject to a hostile work environment shortly after she was hired in 2011. The athletic director is accused of making inappropriate comments and gestures including tongue wagging towards the plaintiff. The former employee says that she was fired after she rejected the advances. Three other employees have filed suit against the University after they were fired for participating in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's investigation into the sexual harassment claim.

Maryland residents know that layoffs and downsizing by an employer can be a very confusing, challenging time in an individual's life. Employment law professionals are there to make sure all individuals facing these difficult life transitions have their rights protected. Hundreds of employees of the Boeing Company out of Washington are facing a major transition in their life that Silver Spring residents may be able to relate to.

The Boeing Company has made an announcement that they plan to lay off nearly 800 employees throughout 2013. They will also cut another 1,500 more jobs through various means including attrition. In addition to the layoffs, another 500 employees will face company relocation.

Discrimination can be overt or very subtle. Even in today's society individuals are still faced with employment discrimination. A police officer out of Howard County has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against her supervisor and her employer, the Howard County police department.

The African-American female officer is claiming that she received poor evaluations in a number of areas, including her overall job performance, her organizational skills and her overall job knowledge. The office is claiming that these poor evaluations were a pretext for denying her salary promotions because of her race. The female officer also alleges that she was the only black officer in her squad. She is seeking $400,000 in damages.