November 20, 2024
A Texas jury found in favor of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday in a suit that saw SkyWest Airlines accused of sitting idle while an employee experienced persistent sexual harassment, awarding over $2 million in punitive damages for the workplace misconduct in federal court.
November 19, 2024
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told jurors Tuesday to "look at the questions" SkyWest Airlines didn't ask when an employee told the company she was experiencing persistent sexual harassment and that the company should've responded sooner.
November 12, 2024
SkyWest Airlines enabled a workplace that was hostile to women, a jury heard during opening arguments Tuesday, driving a woman who worked at the company to consider suicide in the face of unrelenting sexual assault jokes and supervisors who didn't take her concerns seriously.
June 21, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's current docket includes several harassment cases alleging managers not only failed to stop misconduct but joined in on it, and experts say these suits may indicate that higher-ups' misbehavior is a focus area for the workplace bias watchdog. Here, Law360 takes a look at four lawsuits filed by the EEOC that discrimination attorneys should keep an eye on in the latter half of this year.
February 07, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission won clearance Wednesday to head to trial on its claims that SkyWest Airlines stood idly by while a former parts clerk faced constant, degrading sexual harassment, including invasive questions and banter about rape.
February 06, 2024
SkyWest Airlines won a federal court's approval to administer two lengthy medical examinations to a former employee who claims the rampant and threatening sexual harassment she faced at the company drove her to attempt suicide.
August 17, 2022
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued SkyWest Airlines in Texas federal court Wednesday, alleging a female employee was forced out of her job after she was sexually harassed by co-workers who subjected her to crude jokes, sexual gestures and "mimed assaults."