Sales Account Manager Sues Street Fleet For Sexual Harassment, Sex-based Discrimination, Retaliation, and Breach of Contract Read the Complaint Keaton Kilkenny, a prolific Sales Account Manager for Street Fleet for nearly six years, has sued the company in Ramsey County alleging sexual harassment, sex-based discrimination, retaliation, and breach of contract. She is represented by Lead Counsel Larry Schaefer at Schaefer Halleen, LLC, a … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Territory Manager Sues Abbott Laboratories
Territory Manager Sues Abbott Laboratories for Sex Harassment, Discrimination, Retaliation, Breach of Contract and Defamation Read the Complaint → Georgann Gillund, a successful Territory Manager for Abbott Laboratories for over eight years, has sued the company in Ramsey County alleging sexual harassment, discrimination based on gender and age, retaliation, breach of contract and defamation. She is represented by Lead Counsel Larry Schaefer … [Read more...]
Retaliation is Real, and Reporting Harassment is Essential to Ending it
Every sexual harassment trainer, lawyer, and probably person on the street will tell you it is illegal to retaliate against someone who reports sexual harassment. Yet most people who experience harassment do not report it. Studies say 44% of women experience harassment at work, but only a fraction of those women report it. Instead, they put up with lewd comments, propositions and touching. They deflect and avoid their harassers while looking for … [Read more...]
Minnesota Whistleblower Standards Clarified
In Moore v. City of New Brighton, File No. 62-CV-17-4989 (Minn. Ct. App. July 29, 2019), the Minnesota Court of Appeals, reversed a grant of summary judgment on a Minnesota Whistleblower Act (MWA) case in a manner which clarifies and potentially strengthens this ability for future plaintiffs to establish liability and the right to proceed to trial. Complaints about Breach of Contract are Protected MWA Reports In Moore the report at issue … [Read more...]
EEOC Charge Filing Requirement Is Not Jurisdictional
The United States Supreme Court ruled today in a unanimous decision in Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis, that the Title VII EEOC requirement set forth at 42 U.S.C. §2000e(5)(1), (f) (1), that a plaintiff first file a charge of discrimination before commencing litigation is not a “jurisdictional” barrier to bringing suit. Therefore, when plaintiffs have not complied with this requirement and defendant(s) have not timely objected, a discrimination … [Read more...]
