Allen v. Totes/Isotoner Corporation.
123 Ohio St.3d 216, 2009-Ohio-4231
Facts of the Case: LaNisa Allen appealed the original judgment in favor of Totes/Isotoner Corporation on the issue of whether the Ohio Fair Employment Practices Act, as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, prohibits an employer from discriminating against a female employee because of or on the basis of lactation. Relevant law associated includes whether Allen established a prima facie case of “sex discrimination on the basis of pregnancy,” or whether she “was simply and plainly terminated as an employee at will for taking an unauthorized, extra break.” Allen’s original complaint was termination attributable to discrimination, based on pregnancy and related
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4112.02, as sex discrimination under R.C. 4112.01(B). An opinion of whether they thought this discrimination did fall in that range was included in Judge O’Connor’s judgment.
Reasoning: Rationale leading the judges in a majority opinion to affirm the initial judgment, stemmed from the failure of Allen to develop a record from which a jury could find in her favor. However, several of the judges felt “lactation is a physical condition associated with pregnancy and childbirth, hence the FEPA, as amended by the Ohio PDA, prohibits discrimination against females because they are lactating.” It is proposed that the Supreme Court of Ohio should reach the merits to clarify the laws.
Separate Opinions: Judgment was affirmed by Judges Lundberg Stratton, O’Donnell, and Cupp, JJ. , as they believed Allen was discharged for taking unauthorized breaks from her scheduled employment. Since Allen failed to present evidence of a discriminatory motive from Isotoner, or that reason for releasing her from employment was a ground for discrimination, Lundberg Stratton, O’Donnell, and Cupp, JJ. felt only the issues presented by the facts of Isotoner discharging Allen due to ‘unauthorized breaks’ should be decided on, while issues of the facts not directly placed on issue should only be responded to with advisory opinion.
Judges Moyer, C.J. and O’Connor J. concurred in the foregoing judgment only. They assert lactation to fall within the scope of R.C. 4122.01(B) and that the
Procedural Facts: In May 2010, a couple of months after Plaintiff Jacob Szafranski donated his sperm and have eight eggs fertilized for freezing, Plaintiff Jacob Szafranski sent Defendant Karla Dunston a text message ending the relationship. In August 2010, two months after the relationship ended, Plaintiff Jacob Szafranski filed a pro se complaint in the circuit court of Cook County. Plaintiff Jacob Szafranski sought to keep Defendant Karla Dunston from using the frozen pre-embryos so he was not forced to father a child against his will. Defendant Karla Dunston ended up counterclaiming and asking the court to grant her sole custody and control over the pre-embryos so she could someday use the pre-embryos to bear her children. Defendant Karla Dunston sited breach of contract and asked the court for relief under promissory estoppel. The circuit court ended up siding with Defendant Karla Dunston by granting her full custody and control over the use of the frozen pre-embryos.
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(defendant) accusing them of making her a victim of gender and disability based discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities act and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. United Parcel Service moved for summary judgment and claimed that Young did not have any prove that UPS’s decisions were based on Young’s pregnancy, or that she was differently treaded as other same situated co-workers. Moreover, United Parcel Service said that they were not obligated to offer her accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act because Young’s pregnancy did not create a disability. As result, the district court dismissed Young’s claim. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed. The Fourth Circuit’s judgment and remanded was vacated by the Supreme Court for further
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On March 25th, 2015 the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of a former United Parcel Service employee was denied accommodations after she became pregnant. UPS failed to give, Peggy Young, less strenuous work after her medical professional advised she not lift anything heavy during her pregnancy. The justices, voting 6-3, sent the case back to the lower courts to reevaluate UPS’s defense for not to accommodating Young’s needs.
In 1976, by a 7-2 decision, the Court adopted an intermediate level of review for gender classifications in the case Craig v. Boren. The decision struck down a statute that allowed women over the age of eighteen to purchase beer but only men over the age of twenty-one. Using this intermediate scrutiny, the Court has invalidated gender segregation across the board. However, while this heightened level of scrutiny has drastically helped women, it has not been equal in its effect on men. Since Craig, the Court has upheld a requirement that only men register for the draft (Rostker v. Goldberg) and a statutory rape law where only adult men were punished for having sex with an underage individual of the opposite sex (Michael M. v. Superior Court). While these cases occurred in the 80s, this trend of favoring women over men in gender discrimination cases has continued, especially in regards to administrative law and protection. Recent Supreme Court cases reveal that men are still being unfavorably ruled against over women, leading one to believe a push for strict scrutiny is key in bridging that gap and implementing a federal statute that all States must obey in order to ensure gender equality is achieved on both sides of the spectrum.
Case 2.2 to be honest has no indications of a legal issue occuring. If Erin Garvey provided more information as to a possible discrimination that occured at the job. Then we would be able to come to a legal decision as to what happened. In the case description there is no clear reason as to why Erin got terminated. So before we make any assumption toward this case, Erin need to provide more information. As for her superviosor, if the case was brought to court they would also have to provide information as to why Erin was terminated.
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This transgender equal pay case was moved up from an “A” classification to “SA” because, the topic of gender identity is controversial in our current society and, the results of this case may pave the way for future legislation (i.e. Equal Pay Act coverage, Title VII coverage, LGBTQ laws etc.) to become more encompassing. The Charging Party (“CP”) was an Assistant Manager who identified as a female and was denied promotion to Store Manager after several attempts – she had excellent performance evaluations and was the highest in seniority amongst Assistant Managers. In one instance, CP voiced her interest in a temporary Store Manager role that appeared when the current Store Manager left on her maternity leave. The Respondent (“R”) promoted a less qualified candidate (also an Assistant Manager) to the position instead. Additionally, this individual was allowed to keep the $2/hour wage increase even after resuming his initial Assistant Manager role. Other instances when R consciously overlooked CP includes: 1) sending her co-workers that were trained by CP to Store Manager training classes for future promotion whilst denying CP of the opportunity and 2) claiming that CP has revoked interest in promotion after CP completed computer manager
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The issue is whether Evee can prove a potential title VII sex discrimination claim against faith+1 for limiting her hours at work based off her being a woman with a newborn child.
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