This chapter surveys the key remedies available to racial and sexual harassment plaintiffs under Section 1981, Title VII and the D.C. Human Rights Act (“DCHRA”). For further discussion of these issues, including numerous federal appellate decisions concerning damages,
as well as the complex law governing taxation of monetary remedies, see R. Seymour & B.B. [...]

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A cutting-edge issue in employment and health care law is the employment status of physicians in private practice who participate in managed care programs, as opposed to hospital staff physicians or residents. Are these private practice physicians employees or independent contractors? If they are employees, then the next issue is whether these physicians can unionize [...]

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Remedies in Employment Litigation

On October 15, 1999 By bandw

This chapter provides an overview of the key remedies available to employment discrimination plaintiffs under Section 1981 and Title VII. For further discussion of these issues, including the complex law governing the taxation of monetary remedies, see Seymour & Brown,
Equal Employment Law Update, Chapters 44-56 (Fall 1998). Read More…

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Ingnoring the clear constitutional mandate to avoid judicial legislation, the Supreme Court ended this term by essentially amending statues that attack discrimination. Read More…

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