A hearing set for Tuesday in California federal court in a job candidate's discrimination case over software provider Workday's artificial intelligence-powered hiring tools will hinge on the question of who shoulders the liability when a high-tech workplace tool churns out biased results.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told an appeals court that a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling strengthens a worker's disability bias case in an emphatic brief that experts say foreshadows the agency's aggressive push to use the high court decision to tip the scales in employees' favor.
The Second Circuit appeared unwilling Thursday to wipe out TD Bank's win over a former manager's suit alleging he was ousted because he asked for parental leave and had anxiety, with an appellate panel seeming unconvinced that the bank's claim that unethical conduct got him fired was dishonest.
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A hearing set for Tuesday in California federal court in a job candidate's discrimination case over software provider Workday's artificial intelligence-powered hiring tools will hinge on the question of who shoulders the liability when a high-tech workplace tool churns out biased results.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told an appeals court that a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling strengthens a worker's disability bias case in an emphatic brief that experts say foreshadows the agency's aggressive push to use the high court decision to tip the scales in employees' favor.
The Second Circuit appeared unwilling Thursday to wipe out TD Bank's win over a former manager's suit alleging he was ousted because he asked for parental leave and had anxiety, with an appellate panel seeming unconvinced that the bank's claim that unethical conduct got him fired was dishonest.
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May 03, 2024
An Indiana federal court's recent decision shooting down a teacher's religious objections to a school district's policy requiring its educators to call transgender students by their gender-affirming names is a favorable one for employers that might find themselves similarly balancing competing interests, legal experts said.
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May 03, 2024
In the coming week, a federal magistrate judge will consider whether to grant class certification to New York income tax preparers who claim they were denied overtime pay due to their employer's practice of paying them on commissions. Here, Law360 explores this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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May 03, 2024
The Ninth Circuit on Friday revived a former Transportation Security Administration manager's lawsuit alleging she was fired for settling a discrimination charge she filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, saying a reasonable jury could conclude she was treated harsher than a comparable colleague.
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May 03, 2024
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims pared back a proposed class action seeking military back pay for service members allegedly discharged for not complying with a 2021 COVID-19 vaccination mandate, saying it had no jurisdiction over a nonmoney-mandating statute.
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May 03, 2024
A Florida federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit a former flight attendant lodged against Spirit Airlines accusing it of firing her after she complained that its medical leave policies ran afoul of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
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May 03, 2024
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice effectively fired an employee who wore a headscarf to work in accordance with her religious beliefs after questioning the sincerity of her faith, the federal government alleged in a lawsuit filed against the agency Friday in Texas federal court.
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May 03, 2024
A Michigan federal judge called out the Detroit Tigers for failing to indicate whether it had reached out to opposing counsel before filing its recent motion to exclude testimony in a former clubhouse manager's age bias case, denying the team's exclusion bid as trial approaches.
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May 03, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for oral arguments before the California Supreme Court on the issue of the right of workers bringing a case under the state's Private Attorneys General Act to intervene in a separate matter. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in the Golden State.
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May 03, 2024
A California state judge has been removed from the bench after an investigation found that he conducted a campaign of retaliation against court employees he suspected of being "moles" in a probe against him and lied about his actions to investigators afterward.
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May 03, 2024
A North Carolina federal court rejected a former assistant federal defender's bid to have the federal government release certain #MeToo evidence following a trial over her claims of a botched sexual harassment probe, saying she was "woefully late" in deciding to challenge its confidentiality status.
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May 03, 2024
A group of Aetna policyholders said Friday that the insurance giant has agreed to pay $2 million and revise certain health insurance guidelines to settle a proposed class action alleging its definition of infertility made it difficult and expensive for LGBTQ couples to obtain coverage for fertility treatments.
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May 03, 2024
A Utah corrections officer urged the Tenth Circuit to reconsider tanking his bias and retaliation claims alleging he was fired after asking to use a different gun to accommodate his hand disability, arguing that his case should be reviewed under a new standard set by the Supreme Court.
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May 03, 2024
A company that contracts with mine sites illegally refused to hire a worker to drive a dump truck because he's a right-arm amputee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a suit filed in Georgia federal court.
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May 02, 2024
A subsidiary of restaurant food distributor Sysco Corp. will pay over $133,000 in back pay to resolve the U.S. Department of Labor's allegations that it discriminated against women by failing to hire qualified female applicants to fill open warehouse positions in Palmetto, Florida, the agency said Thursday.
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May 02, 2024
Two orchestra musicians represented by an American Federation of Musicians local accused their union in New York federal court of breaching its duty of fair representation by not enforcing an arbitration award after the duo was suspended based on allegations from years ago.
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May 02, 2024
The Ninth Circuit declined Thursday to reinstate a lawsuit a former employee brought against a video game developer accusing it of subjecting him to lewd jokes and firing him after he complained, saying a lower court didn't err by admitting certain evidence at trial.
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May 02, 2024
An educator who last year sued an affluent Atlanta private school over allegations she was driven from her job after complaining of racist treatment urged a federal judge Wednesday to keep her discrimination suit alive, alleging the school has continually changed its story on why it fired her.
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May 02, 2024
The Third Circuit revived a Chinese software engineer's lawsuit Thursday alleging he was denied a promotion and fired by a tax technology company because he complained about racist comments he faced, ruling a lower court evaluated the worker's claims too narrowly.
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May 02, 2024
Morehouse College asked a Georgia federal judge on Wednesday to free it from all claims brought against it by a former professor who alleged he was fired for taking part in an HIV-positive student's discrimination lawsuit against the school and members of the cinema, television and emerging studies program faculty.
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May 02, 2024
A former Seyfarth Shaw LLP partner has joined a solo practitioner's employment law firm in Atlanta with the goal of handling plaintiffs employment litigation and trade secret and noncompete matters while capitalizing on the use of generative artificial intelligence.
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May 02, 2024
A Colorado federal judge refused to throw out a lawsuit a former securities sales representative lodged against a firm accusing it of firing him and replacing him with two younger workers, saying he put forward enough detail to keep his suit afloat.
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May 02, 2024
A New York federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed against litigation firm Moses & Singer LLP by a former partner who accused it of wrongfully firing her after she requested workplace accommodations for her pregnancy, saying the parties have reached "a settlement in principle."
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May 02, 2024
North Carolina Democrats have proposed broad legislation to bolster protections for employees in the Tar Heel State — from abolishing at-will employment to repealing the ban on collective bargaining for public employees and shoring up safeguards for contract workers.
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May 02, 2024
Chicago's public transit system has been hit again with a genetic information privacy lawsuit by an employee who says the agency illegally probes applicants' medical histories as part of its hiring considerations.
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May 02, 2024
Vermont will block employers from discriminating against workers because of their hair type and texture under a bill signed by Republican Gov. Phil Scott, joining dozens of states and municipalities that have enacted similar laws in recent years.