Jiminez v. Mary Washington College: the "Mark Fuhrman defense" and Title VII national origin discrimination

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Jiminez v. Mary Washington College indicates a new area of difficulty for minority teachers and college personnel management because of the addition of linguistic characteristics to the national origin discrimination clause in Title VII. Anthony Jiminez initially won his case against the College, alleging that a group of white students conspired to get him fired and that his accent was the main issue used to make the decision. Accent is a difficult discrimination issue since it can affect the ability to perform a job. The 4th Circuit overturned based on other bad performance evidence.

Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Colleges and universities, Officials and employees, Universities and colleges, Race discrimination, Minority teachers, Mary Washington College

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Morning sickness: testing the proper bounds of employee protection and employer prerogative under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act

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The decision of Troupe v. May Department Stores illustrates the need for greater consideration of pregnant employees. Troupe charged discrimination in her firing, under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. She was fired the day before her maternity leave would have begun. However, the court focused on her firing for excessive tardiness, holding that management was considering proper standards. Nonetheless, this case shows that greater medical and legal information is needed in business, to take the sole burden of responsibility off of pregnant employees and avoid further litigation.

Interpretation and construction, Employment, Pregnant women, Labor law

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The mark of the beast: Hover v. Florida Power & Light and the upper limits for reasonable accommodation

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Job seeker Jeffrey Hover refused to provide a social security number to potential employer, Florida Power & Light Co., which resulted in the company's refusal to hire him. Hover asked the company to give him an alternative social security number because his own contained the numbers 666, which represents the mark of the beast in the Bible. The court decided that Florida Power & Light could not be forced to break the law to comply with Hover's religious beliefs.

Religious aspects, Identification numbers, Personal, Personal identification numbers

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