Labor/Employment
Jan. 22, 2021
COVID-19 rewrites the employment discrimination playbook
Employers are likely to begin settling claims they would once have litigated, and employees — who once would have held out for high jury verdicts — will accept less money sooner.
Sonya D. Goodwin
Partner
Sauer & Wagner LLP
Phone: 310-712-8100
Email: sgoodwin@swattys.com
Sonya represents employees and employers in a wide range of claims, including wage and hour violations, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and breach of contract.
The COVID-19 pandemic has completely rewritten the playbook for U.S. companies that do their best to avoid claims of employment discrimination. Until recently, these employers had just two or three boxes that needed to be checked before they could proceed with disciplining or terminating an employee: Protected class? Protected activity? Retaliation?
Now the "gotcha" list has become like the magic beanstalk that keeps growing, and co...
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