January 12, 2024
Limits on damages awards under federal employment discrimination law recently prompted a judge to turn to governmental oversight as a way to deter an employer from future violations, a move signaling that nonmonetary penalties are becoming more common in workplace bias battles, experts say.
January 10, 2024
A Nebraska transportation and logistics company must make regular reports to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after jurors found the company unlawfully refused to hire a driver because he's deaf, a federal judge ruled, while slashing the jury's $36 million verdict.
December 15, 2023
A $36 million jury verdict that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission secured in September on behalf of a deaf truck driver denied a job marked one of many eight-digit damages awards that workers won in discrimination battles this past year. Here's a look at five major trial victories for workers in the past 12 months.
September 06, 2023
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's recent $36 million trial victory for a deaf individual whose disability cost him a truck driving job demonstrates the need to handle accommodation requests under the Americans with Disabilities Act on a case-by-case basis, experts said.
September 01, 2023
A Nebraska federal jury sided with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Friday on claims that a transportation and logistics company unlawfully discriminated against a deaf applicant when it refused to hire him as a truck driver, saying the company should pay over $36 million for its transgressions.
June 01, 2023
A transportation and logistics company can't avoid a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing it of refusing to hire drivers who are deaf or hard of hearing, with a Nebraska federal judge ruling the federal bias watchdog isn't required to rely on a single document to show bias.