(DOWNLOAD) "Claimants Beware: Strict Deadline Limit Federal Employment Discrimination Suits: Claimants Must Adhere to Strict Time Limits both when They Initially File an Employment-Discrimination Charge with the EEOC and when They Act on a Right-To-Sue Letter. This Article Reviews the Applicable Statutes - Including the New Ledbetter Act - and Illinois-Based Cases" by Illinois Bar Journal " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Claimants Beware: Strict Deadline Limit Federal Employment Discrimination Suits: Claimants Must Adhere to Strict Time Limits both when They Initially File an Employment-Discrimination Charge with the EEOC and when They Act on a Right-To-Sue Letter. This Article Reviews the Applicable Statutes - Including the New Ledbetter Act - and Illinois-Based Cases
- Author : Illinois Bar Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 104 KB
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For those unfamiliar with the rules, filing a discrimination lawsuit in federal court is fraught with risk. Even before filing a lawsuit, a plaintiff must be sure to first file a charge of discrimination with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) within 300 days of the act of discrimination. Upon receiving a right to sue letter from the EEOC, a plaintiff must then diligently file suit within 90 days. Miss that deadline and your client's opportunity is lost. Even if the original 300-day window is still open, the plaintiff who missed the 90-day deadline cannot file a second charge of discrimination with the EEOC relating to the same discriminatory conduct. This article looks at the continuing impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's Ledbetter case on filing deadlines for acts of employment discrimination--impact that continues in the wake of the Ledbetter Act--and at the strict 90-day deadline for filing suit after receiving a right-to-sue letter from the EEOC.