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April 10, 2024
A former in-house attorney at South Korean conglomerate Coupang told a Washington federal judge this week that his whistleblower claims against the company are valid according to the terms of his employment contract.
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April 10, 2024
A New Jersey municipal court administrator has agreed to end a suit alleging she was sexually harassed by a former municipal court judge after a state superior court ruled she could not include the Administrative Office of the Courts as a defendant in the case.
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April 10, 2024
A former executive for an India-based information technology company was let go as part of an unlawful scheme to offload older American workers and make room for younger college graduates, he claimed in a suit in Florida federal court.
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April 10, 2024
A Starbucks manager berated a barista who suffered from anxiety and depression until he had a panic attack, then fired him, according to a suit filed in Florida federal court.
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April 10, 2024
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has expanded its ranks in Minneapolis with a lawyer who said she is looking to use her new position to help clients navigate remote work challenges and increasing disability bias issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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April 10, 2024
The union that represents Long Island Rail Road workers is suing the commuter railroad for firing an employee who had been with it for 25 years after he allegedly tested positive for marijuana when returning to work after being treated for cancer.
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April 09, 2024
A Starbucks employee brought a proposed class action in California state court on behalf of similarly situated workers in the Golden State over the coffeehouse chain's "systemic failure" to provide adequate lactation spaces and sufficient pumping time for nursing employees.
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April 09, 2024
Kent State University "twisted itself into knots" to justify its alleged discrimination, a transgender professor has told an Ohio federal court, as the school in turn claimed the scholar was denied a promotion for bad-mouthing colleagues online.
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April 09, 2024
Two worker-side attorney organizations told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday it should review an Eleventh Circuit decision finding only current employees can lodge disability discrimination lawsuits related to post-employment benefits, arguing the appeals court deepened a circuit split harming both workers and employers.
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April 09, 2024
A newly amended bill in California would give employees a legal right to ignore after-hours work communications, though Golden State employment lawyers on both sides of the bar said the bill would likely need more changes in order to have its desired impact. Here are four open questions attorneys have about the legislation.
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April 09, 2024
A North Dakota federal judge clarified an injunction Tuesday that blocks the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from requiring a Christian business group's members to provide gender transition-related healthcare coverage, finding the agency won't be penalized if it goes after one of the group's members unknowingly.
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April 09, 2024
Olive Garden will pay $30,000 to resolve a lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing it of refusing to hire a busser because he used a cane, according to an order filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court.
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April 09, 2024
A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday appeared skeptical of a trial court's decision to jettison retaliation claims from a former dental hygienist's sexual harassment lawsuit before it went to trial twice, signaling the pitched legal battle may be soon teed up for a third go-round.
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April 09, 2024
Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor and a leading advocate for ending forced arbitration after suing Fox News' former chair and CEO over sexual harassment allegations, told senators on Tuesday that more is needed to protect workers, particularly older ones, despite important legislation enacted two years ago.
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April 09, 2024
The Fifth Circuit won't revive a suit claiming a supervisor in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' equal employment opportunity office sexually harassed a subordinate, saying the worker took too long to report the alleged misconduct and the VA took prompt action when she did speak up.
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April 09, 2024
A California federal judge declined to entirely toss a Black former UPS employee's race and pregnancy discrimination suit, saying she had evidence of "extreme and outrageous" racist comments to back up her race bias claims but not enough proof to support her sex-based pay and pregnancy discrimination allegations.
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April 09, 2024
Delta has agreed to resolve a former flight attendant's New York federal court suit alleging she was fired after the airline determined she needed to undergo a psychiatric evaluation when she complained that her husband, a Delta pilot, repeatedly raped her.
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April 08, 2024
An ex-Behemoth worker asked the Ninth Circuit on Monday to order a new trial after a jury rejected his sexual harassment and hostile work environment suit against the video game company, arguing the district court erroneously allowed jurors to hear about his sex life and vulgar speech.
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April 08, 2024
Red Robin has agreed to pay $600,000 and bolster its anti-sexual harassment policies to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging a line cook in Washington state retaliated against female co-workers for objecting to his offensive comments, according to a proposed consent decree filed in federal court in Seattle.
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April 08, 2024
The Seventh Circuit refused to revive a former mail carrier's lawsuit alleging she was barred from working because she asked for time off to prepare a discrimination complaint, finding Monday the worker was sent home based on medical restrictions stemming from a back injury.
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April 08, 2024
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said Monday that the state's major losses last year in cases involving gay rights and prosecuting threatening speech were part of what he views as a trend at the U.S. Supreme Court of hampering efforts to increase diversity, equity and inclusion.
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April 08, 2024
Two workers asked a California federal court to deny a request from X, formerly Twitter, to pause discovery in their suit alleging it stiffed employees on $500 million in severance pay when it conducted mass layoffs following Elon Musk's takeover, saying the move will create unnecessary delay.
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April 08, 2024
Drexel University was accused Monday of discrimination by an administrator, who claimed its chief operating officer refused her request to meet one-on-one ahead of a group meeting with a subordinate and that the group meeting be held via telephone instead of video.
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April 08, 2024
A staffing agency will pay $2.2 million to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging the employer worked with a laundry facility to illegally exclude Black people and those with disabilities from jobs and to hire men and women only for gendered roles.
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April 08, 2024
An Illinois federal judge refused to toss an ex-worker's lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service, saying she had enough evidence to get her claim that she was denied overtime because of a wrist injury before a jury, but failed to show that age discrimination was at play.