Friday, September 19, 2014

EEOC: Winter 2014 edition of Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law published
EEOC: Suit filed under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act against employer that required post-offer, pre-hire applicants to complete family medical history form that asked for any illnesses experienced by family members, including health conditions such as diabetes, kidney disease, heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis, mental illness, epilepsy and cancer
Law Court: Audio of recent oral arguments posted
Fifth Circuit: In affirming denial of summary judgment on First Amendment claim on qualified immunity grounds, the court held that university art gallery director who was fired for telling a member of a U.S. Representative’s staff that he believed the Rep. was a “fear monger” was speaking as a citizen on a matter of public concern (not pursuant to his official duties) because spoke about concerns entirely unrelated to his job and from a perspective that did not depend on his job as a university employee, but rather emanated from his views as a citizen; therefore, reasonable officials in the defendants’ position should have known the speech was protected
Portland Press Herald: Bar Harbor couple suing Portland police officer who arrested them

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