One of the most important decisions in employment discrimination law this year remains the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in Balderson v. Lincare Inc., in which the Court.
Discrimination claims are determined by a three-step analysis under which often the third step pretext is key. The first steps are relatively simple to establish. For the first step.
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By Nick Hurston A district court clearly erred when it assumed that an inference of sex discrimination necessarily followed when an employee proved a prima facie case of disparate treatment and their employer’s explanation wasn’t credible, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held. While the district court was entitled to substantial deference, the