The Employment Law Reporter

Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter:

• The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed claims under Title I, Title II, and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act and claims under the Rehabilitation Act against a non-profit corporation that provides job training to the public.
• In a different case, the same federal district court has dismissed an employment discrimination lawsuit asserting claims for, among other things, intentional discrimination on the basis of national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
• The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York has dismissed a plaintiff’s retaliation claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, finding that the plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedies.
• The same federal district court has granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a case in which the plaintiff asserted a failure-to-promote discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
• The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed a plaintiff’s employment discrimination complaint against her former employer asserting claims under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has sent to arbitration employment discrimination and retaliation claims brought by a former employee against his former employer asserting that he was denied a promotion on the basis of race and then terminated in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law.
• A trial court in New York has confirmed an arbitration award that found, among other things, that an individual was bound by restrictive covenants preventing his competition with two companies that were parties to the arbitration.

Kenneth A. Novikoff