The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday unveiled the final version of its enforcement guidance on workplace harassment, updating the agency's advice to factor in developments such as the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Bostock decision and the rise of remote work.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to wade into a former congressman's case alleging a nonprofit legal aid firm violated Title VII's ban on race discrimination when it suspended him with pay, passing on the chance to apply a newly crafted high court standard addressing what kinds of workplace actions can sustain a bias lawsuit.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday unveiled a final rule designed to beef up protections against discrimination in healthcare, in particular protecting access to healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community as well as for other vulnerable populations.
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday unveiled the final version of its enforcement guidance on workplace harassment, updating the agency's advice to factor in developments such as the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Bostock decision and the rise of remote work.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to wade into a former congressman's case alleging a nonprofit legal aid firm violated Title VII's ban on race discrimination when it suspended him with pay, passing on the chance to apply a newly crafted high court standard addressing what kinds of workplace actions can sustain a bias lawsuit.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday unveiled a final rule designed to beef up protections against discrimination in healthcare, in particular protecting access to healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community as well as for other vulnerable populations.
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April 30, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged the Tenth Circuit to reinstate a worker's disability bias suit claiming she was fired from a Kansas health system for refusing mental health counseling, arguing that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling shows her case was improperly tossed.
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April 30, 2024
A Georgia senior living community will pay $78,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it pressured a receptionist in her 70s to retire and then fired her because she was hospitalized for high blood pressure, according to a federal court filing.
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April 30, 2024
An Indiana federal court Tuesday dismissed a suit from a Christian former teacher who objected to using gender-affirming names for trans students, ruling that letting him refer to students by last names only would be asking too much under a standard articulated by the U.S. Supreme Court in June.
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April 30, 2024
A logistics company will pay $60,000 to resolve a suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing it of forcing a staffing agency to rescind a worker's employment there after he complained that the facility refused to hire Hispanic workers.
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April 29, 2024
The Sixth Circuit on Monday reinstated a Kroger employee's lawsuit alleging her supervisor micromanaged her and pushed her out after revealing she had breast cancer, saying a jury could find the retail company refused to allow her to take it easy after she returned from surgery.
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April 29, 2024
Sean "Diddy" Combs has asked a New York court to trim one of the multiple sexual assault suits he is facing, calling plaintiff Joi Dickerson-Neal's allegations of a 1991 rape "false, offensive and salacious."
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April 29, 2024
The Fourth Circuit on Monday affirmed two lower court decisions ordering North Carolina and West Virginia to end discriminatory exclusions for coverage of gender-affirming medical care for transgender people in both states, finding the lower courts properly struck down the policies as "textbook sex discrimination."
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April 29, 2024
The Sixth Circuit reinstated a Black truck driver's race bias suit claiming he was dealt a steeper punishment than white drivers for allegedly driving recklessly on two occasions, stating he put forward enough detail to cast doubt on his employer's position that he was sacked over safety concerns.
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April 29, 2024
The U.S. General Services Administration on Monday issued guidance to federal agencies for buying generative artificial intelligence services and related hardware, intended to ensure that emerging technology is used "responsibly and effectively."
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April 29, 2024
A former manager said he was illegally let go for speaking up about Hallmark's alleged violations of a minimum wage ordinance, telling a California state court Monday that the greeting card giant terminated him for supposedly saying an expletive when profanity use is "embedded in Hallmark's culture."
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April 29, 2024
The Ninth Circuit refused to revive a lawsuit alleging Raytheon Technologies Corp. unlawfully harassed and forced out employees who received religious exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccination policy, finding Monday that companywide reminders about inoculation and other preventative measures weren't based on religion.
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April 29, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Texas federal judge that the agency will ask the Fifth Circuit to upend his order blocking the EEOC from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the state.
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April 29, 2024
Amtrak is urging a Connecticut federal judge to let it out of a Black conductor's lawsuit alleging she was passed over for union committee assignments in favor of less experienced white men and harassed by a superior after she complained, saying her gripes should be directed solely at the union.
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April 29, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor issued guidance Monday on how employers can carefully use artificial intelligence, saying a lack of human eyes could create a domino effect and lead to violations of federal wage and leave laws.
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April 29, 2024
The U.S. arm of a Japanese space company and its former CEO told a Colorado federal court they have agreed to end the executive's suit alleging he witnessed frequent "anti-foreigner" bias at the company and was ultimately fired because he's white.
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April 29, 2024
A real estate law firm agreed to end a former worker's suit claiming she was fired from her paralegal job only 12 days after she notified her bosses that she was pregnant and needed maternity leave, according to a North Carolina federal court filing.
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April 29, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case brought by a trio of CBD companies asking the justices to establish whether a plaintiff can bring a personal injury claim under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
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April 26, 2024
In the past year, plaintiffs have won settlements and judgments for millions and billions of dollars from companies such as Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Facebook and Fox News, with many high-profile cases finally wrapping up after years of fighting. Such cases — involving over-the-top compensation packages, chemical contamination, gender discrimination and data mining — were led by attorneys whose accomplishments earned them recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2024.
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April 26, 2024
Ye, his companies and Donda Academy were hit with another discrimination suit in California state court Friday by a former employee who says the rapper treated Black employees far worse than white employees, and terminated him last year when he refused to give into Ye's demands to shave his dreadlocks.
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April 26, 2024
A judge for a Michigan state appeals court has called on the state's high court to put a stop to terms in employment contracts that give workers less time to file civil rights lawsuits, saying such terms allow employers to get away with discriminatory practices.
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April 26, 2024
An Illinois state court judge has thrown out a proposed class action accusing Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp. of violating the state's decades-old genetic information privacy law, saying Wednesday the lead plaintiff not only released the hospital system from liability, but was largely asked about her own medical status after she was already offered a job.
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April 26, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent watershed decision easing the requirements for bringing a Title VII case may also soften a legal obstacle some courts have put in front of workers bringing Americans with Disabilities Act cases, some experts said.
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April 26, 2024
A Georgia-based security provider agreed to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it transferred an employee to a lower-paying position because she complained about a colleague's sexual harassment, according to a federal court filing Friday.
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April 26, 2024
A Washington federal judge threw out a proposed class action a job applicant brought against a staffing agency under the Evergreen State's 2023 law requiring certain employers to disclose a salary range in job postings, saying a plaintiff has to actually want the job they are suing over.
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April 26, 2024
Two trucking companies have agreed to pay $460,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging two gay mechanics were fired for complaining that co-workers were making derogatory comments about their sexual orientation, according to a Friday filing in Ohio federal court.