A Pennsylvania federal judge has backed Drexel University in a Black former compliance executive's harassment lawsuit, concluding the difficult relationship she had with a subordinate was brought on by her management style, not her race or gender.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s announced increase to the minimum wage for federal contract workers seems to suggest that an older rate does not apply to newer contracts after the agency stopped enforcing a Biden-era standard, a distinction attorneys said could cause confusion.
A Louisiana federal judge has declared a mistrial in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission employee's suit alleging she was unlawfully passed over for a promotion to full-time director of the agency's New Orleans field office, with court filings indicating that jurors stalemated over whether sex motivated the hiring choice.