Tag Archives: gender discrimination

A well known sexual harassment suit involving the Toledo Fire Department filed in 2005 is back in the news because it has been dismissed… and refiled. The suit was filed by three Toledo firefighters who claim they were subjected to gender discrimination, a hostile work environment, and retaliation

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A Michigan fire officer is claiming she was discriminated against when she was not made acting fire chief despite having served as interim chief for eighteen months. Training and Safety Officer Ona Lee Aguilar of the Saginaw Fire Department claims ...

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A female firefighter in a small Maine town has filed suit alleging she has been subjected to a hostile work environment by coworkers in the fire department and by elected town officials as well. Andrea Thompson filed suit in York ...

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An Ohio firefighter has filed suit against her fire department claiming she was harshly disciplined because of her gender. Melissa McKendry of the Fairfield Township Fire Department filed suit last week in US District Court alleging sex discrimination under federal ...

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The City of Washington, Pennsylvania has settled a controversial sex discrimination suit brought by the city’s first female firefighter. Victoria Bozic was fired by the City of Washington on March 5, 2009, after she allegedly misrepresented where she lived during ...

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A former duty chief with the Topeka Fire Department has settled a portion of her federal gender discrimination lawsuit by dismissing the union from the action. Deputy Fire Chief Kathy Petty was terminated from the department in February, 2010 during ...

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FDNY has settled a gender discrimination case with five female EMS officers for $1 million. The women claim they were wrongfully passed over for promotion by lesser qualified males. View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com.

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A Maryland firefighter-paramedic who was terminated in 2011 following her use of sick leave for her pregnancy has filed suit alleging pregnancy and gender discrimination under state and federal law. Robin Lancaster filed suit against the Sykesville-Freedom District Fire Department ...

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  A settlement has been announced in the 2011 gender discrimination case involving the Chicago Fire Department. The suit, Vasich v. City of Chicago, alleged that the department’s physical abilities test unlawfully discriminated against women because it had a disparate ...

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How long is too long? When it comes to the duration of consent decrees intended to address discriminatory practices in fire departments, that is a question that many firefighters ask. In the case of Leesville, Louisiana it took 32 years ...

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Twenty African-American female applicants to the Chicago Fire Department who are already plaintiffs in two other discrimination suits against the city, have filed yet a third suit against the city, this time challenging a physical abilities test that was used ...

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A deputy chief who was laid off in 2010 and filed a $1.3 million claim with the city of Topeka last year alleging sex discrimination, has moved her allegations forward by filing suit in Federal court against both the city ...

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The city of San Jose has agreed to settle a sexual discrimination suit brought last year by two female fire captains who claimed they were wrongfully denied promotions. Captains Debra Ward and Patricia Tapia filed the suit in state court ...

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A Clinton, Iowa firefighter has filed a gender and pregnancy discrimination suit because she was not granted a light duty position to accommodate her pregnancy. Karen McQuistion is a firefighter with the Clinton Fire Department who became pregnant last spring. On ...

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