retaliation
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Judge allows ex-Aurora VA doc to proceed with employment discrimination case
A federal judge last month permitted a former anesthesiologist with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Colorado to proceed with some of her employment discrimination claims, even though a different judge previously found the VA was justified in removing her. Elizabeth Schacht worked for the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora between 2015 and…
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Judge allows ex-Aurora VA doc to proceed with employment discrimination case
A federal judge last month permitted a former anesthesiologist with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Colorado to proceed with some of her employment discrimination claims, even though a different judge previously found the VA was justified in removing her. Elizabeth Schacht worked for the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora between 2015 and…
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Judge allows ex-Aurora VA doc to proceed with employment discrimination case
A federal judge last month permitted a former anesthesiologist with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Colorado to proceed with some of her employment discrimination claims, even though a different judge previously found the VA was justified in removing her. Elizabeth Schacht worked for the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora between 2015 and…
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Colorado justices rule tenants may cite landlords’ discrimination as defense to eviction
The Colorado Supreme Court clarified on Tuesday that tenants defending against an eviction may cite their landlords’ illegal, discriminatory conduct as means to stay in their homes. Last year, the legislature passed a law explicitly providing that a renter can defend against eviction if they show their landlord violated the Colorado Fair Housing Act and…
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10th Circuit agrees ex-DPS teacher not terminated due to race discrimination
The federal appeals court based in Colorado agreed last week that Denver Public Schools did not discriminate against a Chinese-born teacher when it decided against renewing his employment, but rather had legitimate issues with his performance. Chunyi “David” Xu taught math at Noel Community Arts School in northeast Denver during the 2018-2019 school year. Due…
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10th Circuit agrees ex-DPS employee failed to prove retaliatory firing
The federal appeals court based in Colorado agreed last month that a former Denver Public Schools employee failed to show how her termination was connected to her act of speaking out against racial discrimination. Barbara Lindsay worked at Emily Griffith Technical College and participated in the 2019 hiring process for a new school director. She…
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Jury to decide ex-Weld County schools superintendent’s retaliation claim
A jury will decide whether Weld County School District RE-5J unlawfully retaliated against its former superintendent because she stood up against multiple incidents of racism, sexism and homophobia involving one of the district’s principals. U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang denied the district’s request to resolve the case in its favor without a trial, writing in…
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Jury to hear ex-La Plata County jail nurse’s retaliation case under new Colorado whistleblower law
A jury will decide whether a former nurse in the La Plata County jail experienced retaliation and discrimination under a Colorado law enacted early in the COVID-19 pandemic to protect whistleblowers who raise public health concerns in the workplace. Last month, U.S. District Court Senior Judge Lewis T. Babcock acknowledged no other courts had yet…
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Federal judge allows ex-Florence employee’s retaliation claim to proceed against city
A federal judge last month refused to dismiss a retaliation claim against the city of Florence, filed by a former employee who alleged she was pushed out for reporting malfeasance and discrimination at the water treatment plant. Sarah Glenn worked for the city for 1.5 years and was the only female employee at the plant.…
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Federal judge partially dismisses ex-Florissant fire chief’s wrongful termination claims
A federal judge this month partially dismissed the wrongful termination claims the Florissant Fire Protection District’s former chief lodged against the special district, citing procedural deficiencies. Erik Holt, who was the chief until June 22, alleged the Teller County district’s directors terminated him because he cooperated with an investigation into their allegedly illegal conduct and…