An Illinois federal jury awarded $2.75 million in damages to a Black master sergeant for the Illinois State Police after finding he was hit with a negative performance review, placed on an employee improvement plan, reprimanded and suspended for complaining of race discrimination.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's acting chair said a recent leadership shakeup at the agency hasn't impeded its routine functions, but employment attorneys say they've seen a general slowdown in EEOC investigations and a clear deprioritization of LGBTQ+ discrimination matters.
A security company has agreed to pay $1.6 million to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it hired underqualified men for security officer jobs while turning away female applicants, according to a federal court filing Wednesday.
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An Illinois federal jury awarded $2.75 million in damages to a Black master sergeant for the Illinois State Police after finding he was hit with a negative performance review, placed on an employee improvement plan, reprimanded and suspended for complaining of race discrimination.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's acting chair said a recent leadership shakeup at the agency hasn't impeded its routine functions, but employment attorneys say they've seen a general slowdown in EEOC investigations and a clear deprioritization of LGBTQ+ discrimination matters.
A security company has agreed to pay $1.6 million to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it hired underqualified men for security officer jobs while turning away female applicants, according to a federal court filing Wednesday.
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February 13, 2025
The U.S. Department of Defense has urged a D.C. federal judge to deny a preliminary injunction in a challenge to an executive order effectively barring transgender troops from serving in the military, saying the motion is premature and unlikely to succeed.
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February 13, 2025
Washington's highest court grilled attorneys on both sides of a debate over state pay transparency law on Thursday, with some justices suggesting the employer's stance put too much onus on workers while another expressed doubt the protections should extend to people who apply for jobs they have no chance to get.
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February 13, 2025
A coalition of 16 Democratic state attorneys general told companies Thursday not to immediately scrap programs meant to promote diversity, equity and inclusion within their organizations, saying these initiatives are largely legal despite threats from President Donald Trump's administration.
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February 13, 2025
A D.C. federal judge extended his temporary restraining order barring USAID from placing thousands of employees on administrative leave for another week on Thursday, saying he needed more time to rule on the plaintiff employees unions' preliminary injunction request to stop the agency's overhaul while the case proceeds.
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February 13, 2025
The Fourth Circuit declined Thursday to revive a suit from a sales manager who claimed he was unlawfully fired from a financial services company after complaining about age bias, rejecting his argument that the lower court overlooked retaliatory moves by the business.
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February 13, 2025
A transgender woman participating in an Old Dominion employee health plan agreed to drop her suit alleging she was wrongly denied gender-affirming care coverage for facial hair removal after a Washington federal judge dismissed the case in January, citing a settlement of the dispute.
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February 13, 2025
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a federal judge Thursday to dismiss its suit claiming a hotel operator unlawfully fired a nonbinary worker, pointing to President Donald Trump's executive order declaring that the government recognizes only two sexes.
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February 13, 2025
A live event audiovisual equipment provider blacklisted a female lighting technician because she complained that a transgender colleague had repeatedly sexually harassed her in the women's bathroom during a Trans-Siberian Orchestra tour, according to a lawsuit filed in Texas state court.
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February 13, 2025
The director of a Georgia plastics manufacturing plant has been accused of offering to pay the attorney representing a brother and sister in a federal discrimination lawsuit in exchange for a quick settlement, with the siblings claiming the defendant's "assertions are tantamount to bribery and fraud."
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February 13, 2025
A Washington federal judge awarded an Amazon worker a fraction of the $1.6 million in attorney fees he requested in his recently settled suit claiming the company blocked him from promotions due to his military service, finding the outcome of the case didn't warrant an amount that high.
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February 13, 2025
An airline cargo handling services company will pay $70,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it unlawfully rejected a deaf job applicant based on outdated assumptions that he couldn't safely perform a warehouse job, according to Illinois federal court filings.
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February 13, 2025
The Sixth Circuit stood by a lower court's ruling against a Black former English professor at Delta College in her promotion bias suit, ruling that she failed to provide meaningful evidence that she was passed over for a promotion because of her race and her pro-unionization sentiments.
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February 13, 2025
A former DraftKings engineer asked a Massachusetts federal court not to toss his suit accusing the company of firing him the day after he asked to take parental leave, saying he can benefit from a Massachusetts paid leave law despite living in Wisconsin.
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February 12, 2025
A California appeals court on Tuesday reversed a California bakery's trial court victory in a discrimination lawsuit challenging its refusal to sell a wedding cake to a lesbian couple, finding that a wedding cake design standard the bakery had leaned on was facially discriminatory.
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February 12, 2025
A Washington federal judge who previously slashed a former UPS worker's employment case win from $238 million to $40 million granted the employer's bid for a new trial Wednesday, concluding that the plaintiff's counsel repeatedly shared inadmissible evidence with jurors.
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February 12, 2025
President Donald Trump's executive order banning transgender individuals from competing in women's sports was hit with its first court challenge Wednesday, as two New Hampshire trans teenagers added the federal government to their lawsuit challenging a similar state-level policy.
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February 12, 2025
The FCC's new leader is going after Comcast and NBCUniversal for their efforts to be diverse and inclusive, revealing Wednesday that he had directed the agency to open an investigation into the pair of companies to ensure they aren't "promoting invidious forms of discrimination."
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February 12, 2025
The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a ruling freeing J.M. Smucker Co. and Big Heart Pet Brands from a technician's suit alleging she was unfairly held to a higher standard at work and punished more severely in regard to policy violations because she is a Black woman.
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February 12, 2025
A California law prohibiting so-called captive audience meetings infringes on an employer's First Amendment right to freely talk with workers about religious or political issues, a nonprofit focused on state policy argued in federal court, calling for a halt to the statute's enforcement.
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February 12, 2025
A Manhattan federal judge has dismissed a suit accusing music producer and Def Jam Recordings co-founder Russell Simmons of sexual assault, saying Simmons is now a permanent resident of Indonesia over whom the court has no jurisdiction, though the plaintiff plans to refile the claims in state court.
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February 12, 2025
A New York federal judge largely denied Foley Hoag LLP's bid to partially escape a Moldovan former employee's lawsuit, saying Wednesday he put forward enough information to back up his claims that the firm discriminated against him because of his Russian heritage and disability.
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February 12, 2025
United Airlines has asked a Texas federal judge to toss a "mass action" filed by roughly 700 current and former workers accusing the airline of discriminating against employees who resisted COVID-19 vaccination, saying most of the plaintiffs lack jurisdiction.
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February 12, 2025
A Michigan federal judge declined Wednesday to declare a victor in a suit from a Christian nurse who claimed the American Red Cross unlawfully fired her for rejecting its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, saying the case — which was recently revived by the Sixth Circuit — should go to a jury.
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February 12, 2025
A lawyer for Nike urged a Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday to block an Oregon local newspaper from publishing workplace harassment questionnaires provided by plaintiffs' attorney in pay equity litigation against the athletic apparel giant.
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February 12, 2025
The U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday rescinded a directive for name, image and likeness compensation for athletes to not discriminate against women under Title IX guidelines, calling the guidance enacted in the final days of the Biden administration "overly burdensome" and "profoundly unfair.''