NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Friday urged the Tenth Circuit to revive an occupational therapist's lawsuit claiming a colleague inappropriately touched her and that she was fired after she reported the co-worker's harassment, arguing the trial court used the wrong standard when it tossed her retaliation claim.

By Anne Cullen

Law360 has launched its U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission amicus brief tracker, providing an interactive map to keep lawyers up to date on the EEOC's views on cutting-edge areas of discrimination law, as well as where the agency is focusing its efforts.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged the Ninth Circuit to reject a Christian humanitarian organization's argument that it was on solid legal ground to yank a job offer from an applicant after learning she was in a same-sex marriage, saying siding with the group will "undermine" Title VII.

By Patrick Hoff

A trial court wrongly tossed an Ohio police officer's suit claiming he was sidelined for complaining about age bias, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said, telling the Sixth Circuit that forcing him to undergo a fitness assessment could qualify as unlawful retaliation.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told the Sixth Circuit on Monday that a trial court wrongly tossed an insurance company worker's disability bias suit claiming she was fired for defying its COVID-19 vaccination mandate because of her antibiotics allergy, arguing the condition is considered a disability.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday the Seventh Circuit should revive a former human resources manager's suit claiming she was fired for reporting discrimination, arguing a lower court erred by holding her claims to a higher standard because of her job.

By Grace Elletson

A two-year-old law barring mandatory arbitration of sex harassment claims extends to harassment that targets sexual orientation or gender identity, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said, urging the Third Circuit to back a ruling keeping a former nursing assistant's suit in court.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged the Sixth Circuit to revive claims brought by two Black former workers that they faced racist harassment at a transportation company, arguing the lower court minimized that they were regularly called slurs on the job.

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged the full Eighth Circuit to uphold the revival of a lawsuit alleging a Hardee's franchisee fired a manager over her diabetes, arguing Friday that an employer's honest belief that a worker violated corporate policy doesn't automatically defeat disability bias claims.

By Anne Cullen

A recent U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission amicus brief arguing that a workplace vaccination mandate may have unlawfully disadvantaged Black workers highlights the agency's focus on seemingly impartial workplace policies that yield skewed results, experts said. 

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission backed a worker who said a school district unlawfully slow-walked its response to her request to bring a service dog to work, telling the Fifth Circuit that a trial court missed the big picture when it tossed her case.

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission threw its weight behind a former heating and air conditioning technician's suit claiming he was fired for requesting a modified schedule because of a knee injury, telling the First Circuit a lower court used outdated standards to dismiss it.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told the Tenth Circuit that a district court was too quick to toss a former Walmart worker's suit claiming he was demoted and fired for being gay, arguing the lower court applied incorrect legal standards to his case.

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged the Ninth Circuit to reconsider a former Uber driver's lawsuit claiming the ride-hailing giant's rating system is racially biased, arguing that a panel's June ruling flew in the face of federal civil rights law and U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

By Emmy Freedman

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday to reinstate a lawsuit against a coal company brought by two Black former workers, saying they adequately showed that a white worker was subjected to more lenient standards than they were.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged the Fourth Circuit to reinstate a hospital worker's suit claiming she was fired for requesting a reprieve from 12-hour workdays to manage her high-risk pregnancy, arguing the lower court used incorrect legal standards to toss her case.

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged the Eighth Circuit on Monday to revive a lawsuit alleging Union Pacific Railroad Co. barred an inspector from working for five years because of a traumatic brain injury, arguing a trial court incorrectly ruled the company didn't view him as disabled.

By Emily Brill

A Washington, D.C., federal judge erred by saying a government employee's discrimination suit against her union was essentially an unfair representation suit that belonged before the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told the D.C. Circuit on Friday, saying the case belongs in court.

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told the Fifth Circuit it should revive a Nigerian nurse's race bias case against a Texas hospital, arguing the medical center's practice of honoring patients' requests for non-Black caregivers could demonstrate a hostile work environment.

By Emmy Freedman

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked the Sixth Circuit to upend State Farm's win in a former worker's suit, saying there's evidence she was fired in retaliation for helping a disabled colleague lodge a complaint against her supervisor because he abruptly yanked her accommodation.