The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a sweeping decision finding that IBM’s highest leaders engaged in systematic age discrimination when terminating thousands of older workers and gave false excuses to cover up what they were doing. … The agency’s decision “will put great pressure on IBM to compensate workers it wrongly ousted in…
We are pleased to announce that five of the firm’s lawyers were selected for the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, one of the legal profession’s longest-running and respected peer-review publications. Best Lawyers® is a leading guide to legal excellence. Lawyers are selected for The Best Lawyers in America through a peer review process in which…
Working hard for Equal Justice, including the equal worth and dignity of all humans, is the heart and soul of our Firm. We have all seen with our own eyes how unequal justice is in our country for black Americans and other people of color. All of us have a moral and human obligation to…
A police officer slammed a 5-foot-tall mother to the ground in front of her children, causing her to lose consciousness. A court threw out her case against the officer before it could go to a jury. An officer drove his SUV into the path of a fleeing motorcycle, killing the driver. The court tossed the case. Police officers fired at a family’s…
The president of several Portland radio stations is no longer working for the company, the latest of several high-profile changes and firings at the stations over the last few months. The “departure” of Bob Adams as president and general manager of the Portland Radio Group was prompted by the stations’ need for a “more defined…
She Was Fired Due to Her Doctor’s Order That She Keep Working at Home Temporarily To Avoid COVID-19 and Fatal Side Effects. Read “Longtime Portland radio host files official complaint after she was let go” here Read “Longtime Portland radio personality plans to file complaint over her dismissal” here Read “Portland radio personality Randi Kirshbaum…
Do you have questions about your rights at work during the COVID-19 pandemic? Are you wondering how new emergency legislation affects you? View frequently asked questions about COVID-19 and employment by clicking the link below: Know Your Rights: COVID-19 and Employment
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Some of Maine’s top employers, including Bath Iron Works, St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston and MaineGeneral Health in Augusta, top a list of 250 businesses in the state that require their workers to settle claims of sexual harassment or discrimination outside of court through a private arbitrator. The use of “forced arbitration” — clauses in hiring contracts…
The settlement payments don’t come from traditional insurance; the state is self-insured for these cases. That means the cash comes directly from the state budget. David Webbert, an Augusta lawyer who specializes in employment cases – including representing state employees – doubts training alone would solve the problem. “No amount of civil rights training can…