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August 01, 2024
Two experienced employment defense lawyers are joining a California-based women-owned boutique whose clients have included big companies such as shipping giant UPS and software company Microsoft, the firm said Thursday.
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August 01, 2024
This month, the Fifth Circuit plans to scrutinize a $50,000 penalty issued against a Texas law firm, while the Ninth Circuit will examine a fired San Francisco attorney's age bias claim and later hear the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's take on a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. Here, Law360 looks three oral argument sessions in August that employment discrimination attorneys may want to add to their calendars.
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August 01, 2024
A U.S. Department of Education final rule that includes a more expansive take on sex discrimination and issues safeguards against sexual orientation and gender identity bias went into effect Thursday, although over two dozen states have been able to block the new standards.
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August 01, 2024
A cosmetic surgery provider fired a surgical sales coordinator because she asked to work from home after she was diagnosed with breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a U.S. Employment Opportunity Commission suit in Georgia federal court.
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August 01, 2024
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland twice refused to promote a white law enforcement officer in favor of nonwhite candidates despite his qualifications for the role, he told an Ohio federal court.
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July 31, 2024
Netflix has been hit with a wrongful firing suit in California state court by a former employee who accused it of fostering a workplace environment that's "very sexual in nature," requiring that employees engage in one-on-one meetings that are "nothing more than speed dating" and that subjected her to unwanted advances.
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July 31, 2024
A white ex-city manager of a small Georgia city who was fired after a new administration allegedly vowed to replace him with a Black person will get another shot at pressing his racial discrimination claims as the Eleventh Circuit gave the case new life Wednesday.
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July 31, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is considering furloughing all agency staff for one day in late August to stay under its operational budget, the commission and a union representing its employees confirmed Wednesday.
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July 31, 2024
A group of Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday that would overhaul civil rights law and eliminate the tipped minimum wage, re-upping a yearslong effort to expand protections that advocates say are crucial to filling in gaps and loopholes in current statutes.
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July 31, 2024
A Michigan federal judge tossed a Muslim and Middle Eastern former Ford engineer's suit alleging he was fired from his job on the basis of bias for complaining he was being mistreated, ruling that he hadn't put forward enough evidence to show that bigotry drove his firing.
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July 31, 2024
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. passed over a Black worker for a senior director role in favor of a less qualified white woman and retaliated against him for a previously filed race discrimination complaint, a lawsuit filed in D.C. federal court said.
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July 31, 2024
NBCUniversal reprimanded an HIV+ employee for missing work due to illness and then fired him two days after he submitted paperwork for intermittent leave, a former animation technician said in a lawsuit filed in California Superior Court.
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July 31, 2024
Yale New Haven Hospital "effectively" terminated a physician's assistant while she was on medical leave after a cancer diagnosis, then allowed her to return but refused to let her work remotely during chemotherapy treatments and fired her months before her death in September 2023, according to a lawsuit from her estate.
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July 31, 2024
A school district in New York violated federal law when it refused to fairly pay a teacher after he took time off to serve in the Army National Guard, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a new lawsuit.
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July 31, 2024
The Fourth Circuit upheld a Baltimore gas company's win over a former mechanic's lawsuit alleging he was unlawfully terminated for taking medical leave because of a diabetes-related condition, ruling Wednesday that suspicions of dishonesty provided a credible reason for letting him go.
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July 31, 2024
A manufacturer of bedding and furniture components will pay more than $400,000 to resolve allegations from the U.S. Department of Labor that it favored Asian job seekers in the hiring process to the detriment of Black, white and Hispanic applicants.
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July 31, 2024
Levi Strauss trimmed but couldn't fully dodge a former marketing director's suit claiming she was passed over for promotions in favor of male or younger colleagues, when a California federal judge ruled that a jury needs to determine whether bias caused her career trajectory to stagnate.
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July 31, 2024
The Third Circuit declined to reinstate a former Wells Fargo employee's suit alleging he was fired after complaining that the bank withheld some of his commissions, saying he can't revive his suit due to his "inexcusable lack of diligence" at complying with court orders.
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July 31, 2024
Equal Rights Advocates, a gender justice/women's rights nonprofit, announced Tuesday it is bringing in a U.S. Department of Justice civil rights attorney as head of its litigation team.
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July 30, 2024
A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday trimmed a white former Starbucks store manager's lawsuit alleging she was fired to help the coffee company save face amid accusations of discrimination against Black workers, ruling she filed several claims too late.
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July 30, 2024
Transgender adults and children in Florida on Monday urged the Eleventh Circuit to reject the state's attempt to enforce a law restricting gender-affirming treatment for transgender minors and adults while the case is on appeal.
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July 30, 2024
The Eighth Circuit refused Tuesday to revive a St. Louis University medical clinic worker's suit alleging she was fired for complaining about a male colleague's sexually inappropriate behavior, ruling she waited too long to sue after getting a green light from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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July 30, 2024
Two orchestra musicians defended their duty of fair representation claims against an American Federation of Musicians local and breach of labor contract allegations against the New York Philharmonic, urging a federal judge to find the defendants are on the hook for actions involving their suspensions.
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July 30, 2024
The Third Circuit reinstated a lawsuit a drug counselor brought against a nonprofit treatment center that he said refused to hire him because he was in his mid-60s and had a leg disability, ruling Tuesday that the lower court relied on an outdated interpretation of federal civil rights law.
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July 30, 2024
A metro Atlanta school district facing charges that it censors LGBTQ+ content and punishes educators who advocate for inclusivity asked a Georgia federal judge to dismiss a suit from a fired teacher that the district claimed would strip schools of the power to decide what's appropriate material for students.