Labor and Employment Archives – Patterson Harkavy LLP

Narendra Ghosh and Brad Bannon Selected by Peers as Legal Elite 2024

January 4th, 2024

Every year, Business North Carolina asks lawyers across North Carolina to vote for which of their peers deserves recognition in its annual Legal Elite class. This year, Patterson Harkavy partners Narendra Ghosh and Brad Bannon were named among the Le… Read More

Tags: Appeals, Brad Bannon, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defense, Employment Law, Mike Okun, Narendra Ghosh

Jon Harkavy publishes 2020 Supreme Court Review

September 10th, 2021

This week, Jon Harkavy published his annual Supreme Court Commentary concerning the October 2020 Term of the U.S. Supreme Court. The article summarizes cases on labor and employment law issues as well as a number of non-employment decisions likely to… Read More

Tags: Articles, Case Commentary, Jonathan Harkavy, Labor and Employment

Fourth Circuit discusses employers' duty to combat hostile work environments created by third parties

July 2nd, 2015

Yesterday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor a plaintiff filing suit over a racially hostile work environment. The opinion contains an important discussion of employers’ responsibility to combat hostile work environments create… Read More

Tags: Case Commentary, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Fourth Circuit, Labor and Employment

Victory: Court of Appeals finds tenure repeal unconstitutional

June 5th, 2015

Earlier this week, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Patterson Harkavy’s clients, finding that the state’s 2013 repeal of teacher tenure violated the North Carolina Constitution and the United States Constitution. For over for… Read More

Tags: Appeals, Burton Craige, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor and Employment, Narendra Ghosh, NC Court of Appeals, Results

Fourth Circuit expands protections for harassment victims

May 8th, 2015

Yesterday afternoon, the Fourth Circuit issued an en banc decision supporting the rights of workplace harassment victims. See Boyer-Liberto v. Fountainebleau Corporation, No. 13-1473 (May 7, 2015). The opinion offers important insight into what level… Read More

Tags: Case Commentary, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Fourth Circuit, Labor and Employment, Retaliation

Suit against McDonald's garners international attention

January 27th, 2015

Last week, Patterson Harkavy filed suit against McDonald’s on behalf of former employees who were fired after being told “there are too many black people in the store.” The workers allege a widespread pattern of racial and sexual discrimina… Read More

Tags: Civil Rights, Discrimination, Labor and Employment, Narendra Ghosh, Paul Smith, Press

Narendra appears before the Court of Appeals, arguing tenure repeal unconstitutional

January 23rd, 2015

Yesterday, Patterson Harkavy attorney Narendra Ghosh appeared before the North Carolina Court of Appeals, arguing that the General Assembly’s 2013 repeal of teacher tenure violated teachers’ rights under the North Carolina Constitution an… Read More

Tags: Appeals, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education, Narendra Ghosh, NC Court of Appeals, NCAE, North Carolina, Public Education, Tenure

Patterson Harkavy sues McDonald's for race discrimination, sexual harassment

January 22nd, 2015

Patterson Harkavy filed suit today on behalf of a group of former McDonald’s employees who were fired after being told “there are too many black people in the store.” The workers allege a widespread pattern of racial and sexual discriminati… Read More

Tags: Civil Rights, Discrimination, Labor and Employment, Narendra Ghosh, Paul Smith

Jon Harkavy presents annual paper on SCOTUS Employment Law decisions

October 27th, 2014

On October 24th, at the 30th Annual North Carolina/South Carolina Labor and Employment Law CLE held in Asheville, NC, Jon Harkavy presented his 2013-2014 annual review of the Supreme Court’s employment law cases. His paper is entitled “20… Read More

Tags: Articles, Case Commentary, Jonathan Harkavy, Labor and Employment, NCBA, Presentation, US Supreme Court

Judge Hobgood issues written order declaring tenure repeal unconstitutional

June 6th, 2014

Yesterday, Judge Hobgood issued an order putting into effect his prior ruling enjoining the repeal of teacher tenure in North Carolina. The ruling rolls back the General Assembly’s attempt to retroactively eliminate public school teachers’ employ… Read More

Tags: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contract, Education, Labor and Employment, NCAE, Public Education, Results, Tenure

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