New York Employment Attorney Blog

In Ricci v. DeStefano, (No. 07-1428), a long awaited decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the City of New Haven violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it discarded the results of civil service examiinations in which African American and Latino firefighters seeking promotion to lieutenant and captain did not fare well. White firefighters had alleged that they had suffered race discrimination when the City discarded their favorable examination results.

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The media reported yesterday that the attorneys general for eight states informed FedEx Ground that it had formed a group to examine the company's classification of its drivers as "independent contractors," as opposed to "employees." The decision by the attorneys general is significant because FedEx Ground is currently defending multiple class action lawsuits filed by drivers across the country concerning the alleged misclassification of drivers as independent contractors. In fact, Gangemi Law Firm, P.C. represents a class composed of drivers working for FedEx Ground in New York State.

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An assistant marketing manager has sued Steiff, a maker of teddy bears and stuffed animals, and its CEO, claiming that she was sexually harassed by the company's CEO, which culminated, according to the employee, in a rape. The case was filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan.

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The Associated Press reported today that New York's Hawaiian Tropic Zone restaurant sought to dismiss a race discrimination lawsuit filed by Melody Morales of Brooklyn, New York. Ms. Morales claims that when she tried to get a job as a bikini-clad barmaid, she was told that she did not speak "white" and her language was too "ghetto."

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