Employment discrimination litigation

• Author: Christina Marinakis
• Pages: 253-286

EMPLOYMENT

DISCRIMINATION

6-1

CHAPTER 6

EMPLOYMENT

DISCRIMINATION LITIGATION

I. MAIN TOPICSOVERVIEW

II. PATTERN VOIR DIRE QUESTIONS

A. Work Experience

§6:01 Employment History

§6:02 Case-Related Employment

§6:03 Loss of Employment

§6:04 Other Employment Experience That May Cause Bias

§6:05 Case-Specif‌ic Supervisory Experience

B. The Parties

C. Employment Dispute Resolution

§6:06 Familiarity With Workplace Rules

§6:07 Experience With Workplace Disputes

[§§6:08-6:09 Reserved]

D. Discrimination

§6:10 Discrimination in General

§6:11 Discrimination in Hiring/Promotion

§6:12 Harassment Cases

§6:12.1 Employer Policies and Training

§6:12.2 Experience in Working Environment

§6:12.3 Personal Experience With Harassment

§6:13 Discrimination—Disparate Treatment/Wrongful Termination

§6:13.1 Employer Policies and Training

§6:13.2 General Familiarity With Discrimination Cases

§6:13.3 Workplace Diversity

§6:13.4 Personal Experience With Discrimination

§6:13.5 Attitudes Toward Discrimination

§6:14 Legal Standard for Liability

§6:15 Personal Experience With a Similar Case

E. Damages

EMPLOYMENT

DISCRIMINATION

Pattern Voir Dire Questions 6-2

F. Questions Specif‌ic to a Protected Class

§6:16 Age Discrimination

§6:17 Sex/Gender/Sexual Orientation Discrimination

§6:18 Race/National Origin Discrimination

§6:19 Disabilit y Discrimination

§6:20 Religious Discrimination

§6:21 Pregnancy, FMLA, and Familial Status Discrimination

§6:22 Retaliation and Whistleblower

III. SAMPLE JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE

EMPLOYMENT

DISCRIMINATION

6-3 Employment Discrimination Litigation §6:02

I. MAIN TOPICSOVERVIEW

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 αττιτυδεσ τοωαρδ τηε παρτιεσ

 εµπλοψµεντ δισπυτε ρεσολυτιον

 



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  δαµαγεσ  



   

   

 





   



II. PATTERN VOIR DIRE QUESTIONS

Use Note: Use these voir dire questions in conjunction with the questions in Chapter 2, Common Questions—

Civil Cases. Additional questions, specif‌ic to discrimination based on age, sex/gender, sexual orientation,

race/national origin, disability and religion, are located at the end of this chapter, in §6:16, et seq.

A. Work Experience

 

     

    

   







§6:01 Employment History

Σεε 

§6:02 Case-Related Employment

Use Note: Jurors who have experience in the plaintiff’s position or the defendant’s sector have the potential to

become perceived experts in deliberations. It is important to determine whether they are inclined to argue for

or against your client. Does the potential juror have special knowledge about the defendant’s sector because

someone close to him has shared their knowledge? Has that person shared information with the juror that

would inf‌luence how the juror will see the case? This is the rationale for all questions that ask about people

close to the juror. Weigh second-hand knowledge less heavily than f‌irst-hand experience. If someone close

to the juror worked in the defendant’s sector, determine the relationship of that person to the juror, how much

that person talked about his or her experience, and how the juror felt about the discussions.