This month, the Second Circuit will review a bias case over paternity leave, the Eighth Circuit will tackle back-to-back legal battles over allegedly false testimony and the bounds of a federal law curbing mandatory arbitration and the Seventh Circuit will consider whether an unconscious bias training was unlawful. Here's a look at four oral argument sessions in May that employment discrimination attorneys may want to add to their calendars.
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.
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.
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This month, the Second Circuit will review a bias case over paternity leave, the Eighth Circuit will tackle back-to-back legal battles over allegedly false testimony and the bounds of a federal law curbing mandatory arbitration and the Seventh Circuit will consider whether an unconscious bias training was unlawful. Here's a look at four oral argument sessions in May that employment discrimination attorneys may want to add to their calendars.
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.
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.
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May 01, 2024
A senior living facility operator agreed to settle allegations that it unlawfully discriminated against a worker in the U.S. on asylum by demanding that the worker present specific documents to prove that she could work, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
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May 01, 2024
The Atlanta Police Department abruptly terminated a Muslim police officer recruit after he complained to management that fellow recruits had used profanity to mock his religion, scratched his car and stolen his uniform, a new lawsuit filed in Georgia federal court said.
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May 01, 2024
South Carolina-based attorney and law firm founder Billy R. Oswald has reached an agreement with a former employee to dismiss claims alleging he solicited his employees for sex.
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May 01, 2024
Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su defended her U.S. Department of Labor role and recent agency rules at a U.S. House committee hearing on Wednesday from Republicans who accused her of serving through a "loophole" and who questioned the legality of actions under her leadership.
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May 01, 2024
A financial services company laid off a human resources worker after she took federal medical leave and in retaliation for her repeated complaints about pay disparities between herself and younger, male employees, according to a lawsuit filed in Colorado federal court.
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May 01, 2024
A Black female insurance and construction law attorney sued Fabiana Cohen & Hall LLP and its three name partners Tuesday in New York federal court, alleging she was subjected to a "despicable campaign" of harassment for more than a decade.
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May 01, 2024
Boston Scientific Corp. defeated a former maintenance worker's lawsuit alleging he was fired because he's Black, with a Minnesota federal judge finding that the worker's insubordination during a misconduct investigation cost him his job rather than discrimination.
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May 01, 2024
A Pennsylvania school district can't snag a win on claims that it paid women teachers less than their male colleagues because it is clear that while the teachers performed comparable work, the pay was different, the women told a federal court.
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May 01, 2024
The Seventh Circuit declined to give an Illinois city diversity officer a second chance at her sex bias suit that claimed she was terminated after complaining that male co-workers were paid more for lighter workloads, ruling she didn't adequately back up her allegations.
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May 01, 2024
A California federal judge threw out a lawsuit from a former Tesla manager alleging he was fired because he was nearing 60 and took medical leave to treat his diabetes, saying an arbitration agreement he signed should be enforced.
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April 30, 2024
The former global head of product development at medical manufacturer Olympus Corp. said he was fired earlier this year after he reported multiple compliance concerns regarding the company's practices and related to nearly 100 products, according to a suit filed Monday in Pennsylvania federal court.
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April 30, 2024
A former Reed Smith LLP paralegal hasn't shown that the firm's flagging of her work performance issues and her eventual termination stemmed from age and race discrimination, a New Jersey federal judge ruled Tuesday, handing the law firm a final win in the nearly 9-year-old litigation.
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April 30, 2024
The ousted chairman of software investment company The Resource Group International Ltd. is urging a New York court to order his former company to submit to his arbitration claim, in which he accuses its top brass of improperly profiting after he resigned following a sexual harassment scandal.
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April 30, 2024
The Detroit Tigers has told a federal court that a former employee who alleged the club made a habit of letting older workers go to promote younger ones shouldn't be allowed to have eight other departed or demoted staff members testify in an upcoming trial.
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April 30, 2024
Fiat Chrysler and a United Auto Workers local have agreed to resolve a former worker's lawsuit alleging she was fired for complaining about anti-gay harassment she faced and her union didn't adequately pursue her grievance, according to a filing in Michigan federal court.
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April 30, 2024
The Fifth Circuit refused Tuesday to reinstate a lawsuit from two Black workers who said a higher education services company fired them for complaining about race bias, saying they hadn't overcome the company's argument that combative behavior and missed work goals were the reasons they lost their jobs.
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April 30, 2024
A Washington federal judge tossed a job applicant's state pay transparency suit against a rent-to-own retailer, ruling the job-seeker didn't prove how the company's failure to include pay information in a job listing negatively affected him.
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April 30, 2024
Welch Foods Inc. on Tuesday said a Pennsylvania magistrate judge is wrong to say the company should be forced to rehire a Teamsters-represented worker it fired for making vulgar comments to a female co-worker, saying the words the ex-employee used should be construed as sexual harassment.
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April 30, 2024
An Atlanta-based EMS provider was hit with a lawsuit by a former paramedic who says in under one year with the company, she faced a workplace rife with sexual harassment, domestic abuse, medical malpractice, retaliation and white supremacist affiliations.
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April 30, 2024
A Memphis, Tennessee, restaurant will pay up $60,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it failed to step in when a gay employee said he was harassed with homophobic comments and then fired him for complaining about the mistreatment.
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April 30, 2024
A Florida lawyer whose client missed his own deposition while the attorney was solar eclipse viewing has been ordered to pay related attorney fees incurred by AAA as the business fights a gender discrimination lawsuit.
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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
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.