Earlier this month, Caffarelli & Associates Ltd. filed a federal class action lawsuit on behalf of Lucio Barrera against his employer, DNJ Intermodal Services. The lawsuit alleges that Mr. Barrera and a class of truck drivers based out of Illinois were misclassified as independent contractors, and that in light of the unlawful deductions being made […]
In a case she described as the “mystery of the devious defacator,” Judge Amy Totenberg of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta ruled that a Company could not require employees to take a DNA test to determine whether they were defacating on the Company’s warehouse floor. To do […]
By a vote of 8 to 1, the United States Supreme Court reinstated a discrimination case brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of a muslim woman, Samantha Elauf, against the clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch. Ms. Elauf was fired from her job because her head scarf violated the company’s dress code, which […]
The next time you visit our offices, make sure to check our the Charles Ray sculpture exhibition across the street at the Art Institute of Chicago. The view from our offices includes “Horse and Rider,” a ten-ton steel statue on display in the south garden. The garden, which is open to the public in the […]
This morning, the US Supreme Court issued a decision in Mach Mining v. EEOC (# 13-1019). The case hinged upon whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission attempt to conciliate claims before filing a lawsuit, and whether the EEOC’s efforts or lack thereof are subject […]
This past month, Caffarelli & Associates Ltd. filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of Matt Eberhardt, a former sales manager for Windy City Limousine Company, a west suburban limousine company. Eberhardt claims he was fired after refusing to show the company’s owner private information contained in his Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. […]
In 1976, the Supreme Court ruled that a company’s failure to include pregnancy discrimination in a disability plan did not constitute sex discrimination. Congress promptly passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act to remedy the Court’s ruling, but since that day the federal courts have tussled over what is and what is not required by that law. […]
On Friday, February 27, Alejandro Caffarelli will be part of a panel presentation accompanying the Alliance for Justice’s screening of the new short documentary on forced arbitration, “Lost in the Fine Print.” The event will take place at Loyola University Law School. According to the Alliance for Justice, “In our democracy, the courts hold out […]
Alejandro Caffarelli will be featured on Univision Chicago’s channel 66 newscast at 10:00 pm on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. He will participate in the station’s “Conozca Sus Derechos” (Know Your Rights) segment, which is designed to educate the Spanish-speaking community about legal rights and responsibilities. Mr. Caffarelli will discuss employment laws in Illinois, and will […]
On January 9, 2015, attorney Alejandro Caffarelli was admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. Within the next week, Caffarelli & Associates Ltd. intends to file a claim under the Family and Medical Leave Act in the Central District on behalf of a nursing home employee who […]
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