Questions from Business Law

Q: Wali Telwar, a practicing Muslim, applied for extended vacation time

Wali Telwar, a practicing Muslim, applied for extended vacation time, using earned vacation hours, to make a pilgrimage to Mecca as required by his faith. His employer, Southern Hills Medical Center,...

Q: A white, non-Latino meat cutter was fired by his

A white, non-Latino meat cutter was fired by his supermarket employer and replaced with a Latino worker for reasons he believes were racially motivated. Can he sue the company for national origin disc...

Q: Maria Cardenas, a Latina woman worked for Aramark as a housekeeper

Maria Cardenas, a Latina woman worked for Aramark as a housekeeper at McCormick Place convention center for over 20 years. It was a long-standing rule for employees that they could not remove any item...

Q: Latinx managers of a Florida-based tomato growing, packing,

Latinx managers of a Florida-based tomato growing, packing, and distributing company harassed and intimidated Haitian production workers. When the Haitians complained about their treatment, the manage...

Q: Mohamed Arafi, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Morocco

Mohamed Arafi, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Morocco, works as a valet dry cleaner for the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C. In December 2010, a supervisor allegedly prohibited Arab or Mus...

Q: An employer had only one promotion to give, but he was

An employer had only one promotion to give, but he was torn between giving it to the single female and the male who had a family, and the employer thought, most needed and could best use the money. He...

Q: An accounts receivable supervisor was laid off by her employer after taking

An accounts receivable supervisor was laid off by her employer after taking an extended disability leave for pregnancy. She claimed that the employer discriminated against her on the basis of gender a...

Q: A female police officer becomes pregnant and, after a scuffle with

A female police officer becomes pregnant and, after a scuffle with an arrestee, is told by her doctor to request a light-duty assignment. The police department says it has no such positions available...

Q: A cable company closed its door-to-door sales department

A cable company closed its door-to-door sales department and released all employees of that department after settling a discrimination complaint by one of the department’s employees. The employee’s mo...

Q: A power company began employing women as meter readers, and the

A power company began employing women as meter readers, and the job classification went from all-male to all-female within a few years. The labor union that represented bargaining-unit employees negot...