Have you ever had a case where an employee just refused to cooperate and you wanted to fire him or her for such conduct even though the person was in a protected class? In a recent case in Massachusetts, an employer did just that and beat the predicted lawsuit that followed. in Windross v. Barton [...]
In March 2004, a federal judge held Calhoon MEBA Engineering School, a Maryland school for marine officers, was entitled to summary judgment on an African American maintenance employee’s racial harassment claims, even though the school’s equal employment opportunity policies had “stark deficiencies.”
The school’s policy required all employees to report incidents of harassment to either the [...]