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Denese G.,1 Complainant, v. Jacob J. Lew, Secretary, Department of the Treasury (Internal Revenue Service), Agency.

0120141118 (E.E.O.C. Dec. 29, 2016)
Denese G.,1 Complainant, v. Jacob J. Lew, Secretary, Department of the Treasury (Internal Revenue Service), Agency.

13 Cited authorities

  1. Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Prods., Inc.

    530 U.S. 133 (2000)   Cited 21,201 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, since the 58-year-old plaintiff was fired by his 60-year-old employer, there was an inference that "age discrimination was not the motive"

  2. Nat'l R.R. Passenger Corp. v. Morgan

    536 U.S. 101 (2002)   Cited 10,328 times   31 Legal Analyses
    Holding limitations period for hostile-work-environment claim runs from the last act composing the claim

  3. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green

    411 U.S. 792 (1973)   Cited 52,440 times   95 Legal Analyses
    Holding in employment discrimination case that statistical evidence of employer's general policy and practice may be relevant circumstantial evidence of discriminatory intent behind individual employment decision

  4. Faragher v. Boca Raton

    524 U.S. 775 (1998)   Cited 9,322 times   100 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, to be actionable, the alleged conduct "must be extreme" and "the sporadic use of abusive language, gender-related jokes, and occasional teasing" are not enough

  5. St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks

    509 U.S. 502 (1993)   Cited 12,287 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a trier of fact may infer discrimination upon rejecting an employer's proffered reason for termination

  6. Tex. Dept. of Cmty. Affairs v. Burdine

    450 U.S. 248 (1981)   Cited 20,012 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding in the Title VII context that the plaintiff's prima facie case creates "a legally mandatory, rebuttable presumption" that shifts the burden of proof to the employer, and "if the employer is silent in the face of the presumption, the court must enter judgment for the plaintiff"

  7. Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth

    524 U.S. 742 (1998)   Cited 7,132 times   92 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an employer is not liable for a hostile work environment created by one of its employees when "the employer exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct promptly any sexually harassing behavior, and . . . the plaintiff employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of any preventive or corrective opportunities provided by the employer or to avoid harm otherwise"

  8. Vance v. Ball State Univ

    570 U.S. 421 (2013)   Cited 1,329 times   44 Legal Analyses
    Holding "that an employer may be vicariously liable for an employee's unlawful harassment only when the employer has empowered that employee to take tangible employment actions against the victim," such as hiring and firing

  9. Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters

    438 U.S. 567 (1978)   Cited 2,165 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a district court was "entitled to consider the racial mix of the work force when trying to make the determination as to motivation" in the employment discrimination context

  10. Henson v. City of Dundee

    682 F.2d 897 (11th Cir. 1982)   Cited 977 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that where a supervisor makes sexual overtures to employees of both genders, or where the conduct is equally offensive to male and female workers, the conduct may be actionable under state law, but it is not actionable as harassment under Title VII because men and women are accorded like treatment

  11. Section 2000e-16 - Employment by Federal Government

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16   Cited 4,956 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Adopting provisions of § 2000e-5(f)-(k), including that "[e]ach United States district court . . . shall have jurisdiction of actions brought under this subchapter"