6th Circuit Court Reports Archive 

Black Mail Carrier Charged with Theft Failed to Show Similarly Situated White Employee Insurance-Fraud Investigators Within FLSA Overtime Exemption Deaf Applicant for Lifeguard Job Entitled to Trial No First Amendment Protection for Speech that Contradicted Employer’s Policy CBA Interpretation Not Needed in Worker Accommodation Dispute Vegan Employee’s ‘Sincerely Held Belief’ May Support Religious-Discrimination Claim EEOC Can Bring Sex Discrimination Suit, Is Not Liable for Attorney Fees FLSA Permits Automatic Meal Break Deductions Mortgage Bankers Not Entitled to Overtime Under FLSA Failure to Rebut ‘Honest Belief’ in Firing Reasons Dooms Age-Bias Claims Wrongful Discharge Claim Not Permitted Under State Medical Marijuana Act Job Trainee May Pursue Disability Bias Claim Dismissal Improper in Mixed-Motive Case Psychological Counseling Is ‘Medical Examination’ Under ADA Court Affirms Rights of Army Veteran Despite Possible Dishonesty Male-on-Male Teasing Not Sexual Harassment ADA Causation Standard Clarified Company Assumed Successor Liability for Retiree Health Care Benefits FMLA Retaliation Claim Fails Where Employer Believed Claimant Was Abusing Leave Worker’s Heart Condition Poses Direct Threat to Safety under ADA Fraudulent Deprivation of Workers’ Compensation Benefits Violates RICO ERISA Permits Union’s Indemnification of Employer’s Pension Liability McDonnell Douglas Applied to FMLA Interference Claim Felony Conviction, Other Misconduct Did Not Limit Back Pay Award Unclear FMLA Leave Year Nullifies Discharge 6th Circuit: More Education and Experience Do Not Mean Superior Qualifications 6th Circuit: With FMLA Claims, Attention to Detail (Not Timing) Is Everything 6th Circuit: Court Remands Top-Hat Case to Plan Administrator’s Review Committee 6th Circuit: Court Tackles Issue of Volunteer Employees Under Title VII 6th Circuit: Employee Unable to Prove ADA Claim Based on Wife’s Condition 6th Circuit: Union Member’s Information Gathering for Employer Not Protected Under NLRA 6th Circuit: Health Care Reform Law Survives Constitutional Challenge 6th Circuit: ERISA Fiduciary Has No Duty to Disclose Public Information to Plan Participant 6th Circuit: Court Rejects Child Labor Claims 6th Circuit: Proper Documentation of Application Process Protected Employer from Whistle-Blower Claim 6th Circuit: Evidence of Employee’s Poor Performance Defeats ADA Claim 6th Circuit: Asking For a Doctor’s Note Challenged 6th Circuit: Supervisor’s NLRA Claim Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction 6th Circuit: ADEA Claim Cannot Reverse Captains’ Demotions 6th Circuit: Plaintiff Must Request Accommodation that Allows Him to Perform Job’s Essential Functions 6th Circuit: Nondisabled Employees May Not Pursue Claims that Testing Screens Out People with Disabilities 6th Circuit: Union’s Release Waived Employees’ Rights to Bring ERISA Claims 6th Circuit: Arbitrator’s Successorship Decision Upheld 6th Circuit: Employer’s Subcontracting Cannot Evade Broad Scope of Arbitrability 6th Circuit: ‘Common Sense’ Regarding Pregnancy Restrictions Does Not Trump Doctor’s Return-to-Work Certification 6th Circuit: Misuse of Company Time Deemed Non-Retaliatory Grounds for Discharge 6th Circuit: Documenting Employee’s Performance Defeats Discrimination Lawsuit 6th Circuit: Sex Discrimination Claim Fails in Absence of Proper Comparator Employee 6th Circuit: Inability to Get Along with Colleagues Is Sufficient Basis for Adverse Action 6th Circuit: Five-Week Employee Wins $1.2 Million on Co-Worker Harassment Claim 6th Circuit: Court Overturns Dismissal of Racial Discrimination Claim 6th Circuit: Changes in Relationship to Subsidiary Did Not Interfere with Pension Rights 6th Circuit: ERISA Claim Fails Where No Expectation to Benefits Exists 6th Circuit: FMLA Does Not Hold Employer to Strict Liability Standard 6th Circuit: RIF Evaluation Variance from Performance Evaluation Sinks RIF Decision 6th Circuit: City Official’s Threats Preserve First Amendment Retaliation Claim 6th Circuit: Safety Threat Validates Medical Examination Demand Under ADA 6th Circuit: Severance Pay Plan Can Condition Benefits on Signed Release 6th Circuit: Plan Administrator’s Denial of AD&D Claim Due to DUI Found Arbitrary 6th Circuit: Preliminary Employee Rankings Taint Promotion Decision 6th Circuit: Failure to Rehire Claims Begin to Plague Lawful RIFs 6th Circuit: Disability Benefits Properly Denied to Videotaped Employee 6th Circuit Affirms Finding of Anti-Military Discrimination 6th Circuit: Union Did Not Have to Grant Worker’s Religious Accommodation Request 6th Circuit: Handbook’s Arbitration Provision Enforceable 6th Circuit: Court Revives Harassment Case Where ‘Locker Room’ Atmosphere 6th Circuit: Executives Successfully Challenge Performance-Based Salary Deductions 6th Circuit: Internal Investigation Supports Legitimate Business Reason for Termination 6th Circuit: Accurate Assessment of When Harassment Becomes Unlawful Elusive 6th Circuit: Inconsistent Policy Application Shows Age Discrimination 6th Circuit: Death Not Accidental Under Death Benefit Plan 6th Circuit: Enforceability of Guns Prohibition Rests on State Law 6th Circuit: Union’s Settlement Effectively Waived WARN Rights N.D. Ohio: Belief in Reason for Adverse Action Overcame Claim 6th Circuit: Hostile Environment Claim Reinstated 6th Circuit: RIF Sex-Based Challenge Fails 6th Circuit: Leave-Taker’s ‘Regarded as’ Claim Fails 6th Circuit: Employers’ Potential RICO Liability Continues To Expand 6th Circuit: Eligibility for Intermittent Leave Assessed for Absence over Two Leave Years 6th Circuit: More Employment Discrimination Cases May Go to Trial 6th Circuit: USERRA Supersedes Employer's Fitness-for-Duty Procedures 6th Circuit: USERRA Does Not Pre-empt Contract’s Arbitration Clause E.D. Mich.: Peer Review Is Not Always Relevant to Discrimination Claim 6th Circuit: Coach Could Not Have Relied On Alleged Promises When He Resigned 6th Circuit: Termination for Disclosure of Confidential Documents Upheld 6th Circuit: Court Reverses Dismissal of Whistleblower Claim 6th Circuit: Vesting of Unionized Retirees’ Benefits Presumed 6th Circuit: Comments That Fired Employee Was ‘Too Old’ Lead to Jury Trial 6th Circuit: Company’s Failure to Follow Its Military Pay Policy Violated USERRA 6th Circuit: Religious Discrimination Claim Dismissed 6th Circuit: FMLA Does Not Cover Care of Grandchild 6th Circuit: Discharge Based on Management Style Was Not Discriminatory 6th Circuit: Criticism of Employee's Accent Could Show Discrimination 6th Circuit: Pilot Who Produced Inflammatory Video Reinstated 6th Circuit: Imperfect Interactive Process Withstands Challenge 6th Circuit: $200,000 Age Discrimination Verdict Reinstated 6th Circuit: EEOC prevails on ADEA challenge of retirement plan 6th Circuit: Stereotypes Distinguished from Orientation in Harassment Claims 6th Circuit: Company must pay $95,000 for 'shop time' 6th Circuit: 'Whipsaw' Calculation Was Required 6th Circuit: Technical Writers Not Entitled to Overtime Pay More...