On April 17, 2015, a jury awarded Stember Cohn & Davidson-Welling client Sandra Robertson what is believed to be the largest individual plaintiff’s verdict in an employment discrimination case ever entered in the United States District Cour…
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Is severance pay taxable under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, 26 U.S.C. § 3101 et seq (“FICA,” informally known as “Social Security tax”)? This is the question at the heart of the tax refund dispute that has made its way to the U.S…
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Young v. United Parcel Service, Case No. 12-1226. The PDA expressly provides that “women affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions shall be treated the same for all employment-related purposes…as other persons not so affect…
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On Friday, November 7th, the U.S. Senate voted to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) (S.815), a bill that would provide long overdue workplace protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees. The bill has been…
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