Tag Archives: sex discrimination

A Washington state firefighter has agreed to settle two sexual discrimination lawsuits she filed against her fire department and several officers for $600,000. Andra Thompson claims that she had been subjected to a hostile work environment, sex discrimination, and retaliation during her 11 years with the Kennewick Fire Department.

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A Missouri fire district has agreed to pay $20,000 to settle a federal lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of a captain who sought spousal benefits for her same-sex partner. The ACLU of Missouri filed the action against the Ozark Fire Protection District on behalf of Captain Andi Mooneyham, who married Tara Muck on July 25, 2013 in California, where same sex marriages were legal.

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A Utah fire captain who was terminated after she was unable to take a physical abilities test for medical reasons, has filed suit in federal court alleging both gender and disability discrimination. Captain Dawnya Halliday claims that a physical abilities test adopted by the Saratoga Springs Fire Department in 2012 unlawfully discriminates against women.

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The Tulsa City Council voted Thursday afternoon to settle a sex discrimination suit brought against the city and Fire Chief Ray Driscoll that claimed the chief took a photo of a fire department applicant in order to compare it to ...

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A firefighter-paramedic in Kissimmee, Florida who was terminated in October 2013, has filed suit claiming she was the victim of sexual discrimination and retaliation under state and federal law. Melanie Jerozal filed suit last week in US District Court for the Middle District of Florida. She was terminated just five months after she had been hired, and claims it was “because of her gender...

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On December 3, 2014 the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case that will hopefully settle uncertainty about whether employers must provide the same (or even more favorable) benefits to pregnant employees as they do for non-pregnant employees who have similar work limitations related to non-line-of-duty injuries or illnesses. While there have been multiple cases of fire departments facing repercussions for failing to treat pregnancy the same as non-line-of-duty injuries, there has been some disagreement among the lower courts about what the law actually requires.

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The settlement of a lawsuit filed by a female candidate for the Kenner, Louisiana Fire Department, has sparked a second lawsuit – this one over access to the terms of the settlement. Jack Zewe, described in the media as a ...

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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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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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