September 12, 2022
A D.C. federal judge dismissed a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission employee's lawsuit claiming the bias watchdog demoted him because he's Black, ruling he had missed too many court-ordered deadlines to keep pursuing his claims.
April 13, 2022
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a D.C. federal court to dismiss a lawsuit claiming the bias watchdog demoted the former head of its Miami office because he is Black, saying he has missed several court-ordered deadlines.
March 16, 2022
A D.C. federal judge declined to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission employee's suit claiming the bias watchdog demoted him because he is Black, but he demanded that the worker explain why he has missed several court-ordered deadlines.
March 07, 2022
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a D.C. federal court to dismiss a lawsuit from a former director of the agency's Miami office, who claimed he was demoted because he was Black, because he repeatedly missed court deadlines.
May 14, 2021
A Senate panel greenlighted the nomination of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Vice Chair Jocelyn Samuels for a fresh term, and the agency lined up several virtual workshops to tackle issues related to the pandemic and LGBTQ discrimination. Here's a look back at the EEOC's week.
May 11, 2021
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has called for a Black staffer's discrimination lawsuit to be thrown out, arguing the worker kicked off his legal battle before funneling his claims through the required agency process.
March 16, 2021
A Black staffer for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission who says racism triggered his demotion defended his work performance in D.C. federal court Monday after the agency argued that the worker's own job failings cost him a senior role.
March 15, 2021
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is usually spearheading litigation when it heads to court, but the workplace bias watchdog is no stranger to discrimination suits from within its own ranks. Here's a look at seven ongoing cases where the EEOC is in the defendant's chair.
March 10, 2021
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fired back against recent allegations that racial bias was behind its decision to demote a Black senior staffer, insisting in a D.C. federal court filing Wednesday that the employee was stripped of his leadership role because he was unreliable.
March 01, 2021
The former head of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Miami office says his white supervisor pushed him out of his role and demoted him to a lesser position because he's Black, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in District of Columbia federal court.