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Lelah T.,1 Complainant, v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service (Great Lakes Area), Agency.

0120172533 (E.E.O.C. Oct. 24, 2018)
Lelah T.,1 Complainant, v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service (Great Lakes Area), Agency.

19 Cited authorities

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

    530 U.S. 133 (2000)   Cited 21,186 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. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green

    411 U.S. 792 (1973)   Cited 52,401 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

  3. Faragher v. Boca Raton

    524 U.S. 775 (1998)   Cited 9,317 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

  4. Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth

    524 U.S. 742 (1998)   Cited 7,129 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"

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Hochstadt v. Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology

    545 F.2d 222 (1st Cir. 1976)   Cited 248 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, in balancing the scope of reasonable opposition conduct, "[t]he requirements of the job and the tolerable limits of conduct in a particular setting must be explored"

  8. Hochstadt v. Worcester Foundation, Etc.

    425 F. Supp. 318 (D. Mass. 1976)   Cited 87 times
    Holding that discharge six months after EEOC settlement and a month after an informal complaint satisfies causation requirement

  9. Section 2000e - Definitions

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e   Cited 51,678 times   129 Legal Analyses
    Granting EEOC authority to issue procedural regulations to carry out Title VII provisions

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

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16   Cited 4,954 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"

  11. Section 1614.407 - Civil action: Title VII, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Rehabilitation Act, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, and Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

    29 C.F.R. § 1614.407   Cited 738 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Authorizing civil actions if no final action is taken within 180 days after a complaint is filed

  12. Section 1614.110 - Final action by agencies

    29 C.F.R. § 1614.110   Cited 226 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Compelling final decision “within 60 days of the end of the 30-day period for the complainant to request a hearing . . . where the complainant has not requested [one]”

  13. Section 1614.604 - Filing and computation of time

    29 C.F.R. § 1614.604   Cited 137 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Providing the time limits applicable to the subject regulations "are subject to waiver, estoppel and equitable tolling"

  14. Section 1614.408 - Civil action: Equal Pay Act

    29 C.F.R. § 1614.408   Cited 113 times
    Requiring that the complainant wait at least 180 days for a decision from the agency before filing a civil action and requiring that such an action be filed within 90 days of a final decision

  15. Section 1614.405 - Decisions on appeals

    29 C.F.R. § 1614.405   Cited 81 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Providing that " decision [of the EEOC in an administrative appeal] is final . . . unless . . . [e]ither party files a timely request for reconsideration"

  16. Section 1614.503 - Enforcement of final Commission decisions

    29 C.F.R. § 1614.503   Cited 63 times
    Describing civil action for enforcement of administrative award

  17. Section 1614.409 - Effect of filing a civil action

    29 C.F.R. § 1614.409   Cited 50 times
    Stating that: "Filing a civil action under § 1614.408 or § 1614.409 shall terminate Commission processing of the appeal"

  18. Section 1614.501 - Remedies and relief

    29 C.F.R. § 1614.501   Cited 42 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Incorporating § 1920 into the regulations

  19. Section 1614.403 - How to appeal

    29 C.F.R. § 1614.403   Cited 34 times
    Indicating that failure to file timely appeal requires dismissal by EEOC