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June 27, 2024
The Sixth Circuit backed the dismissal Thursday of a white principal's suit claiming race bias and violations of free speech after she was placed on paid leave under a gag order following claims she helped a custodian commit wage fraud, ruling her case lacks enough detail to warrant revival.
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June 27, 2024
The newest commissioner at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged plaintiff-side employment lawyers at a conference Thursday to keep fighting for lawful diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility initiatives, and data collection to ensure equal employment opportunities.
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June 27, 2024
The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday backed a Florida radiology practice's defeat of a doctor's lawsuit alleging he was fired because he requested medical leave, ruling a lower court didn't err when it blocked him from presenting evidence he hadn't previously disclosed.
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June 27, 2024
The trend toward pay transparency continued this year, as states and cities made legislative changes to narrow the race and gender pay gap by requiring employers to share pay ranges for available jobs. Here are five laws with upcoming effective dates attorneys should keep an eye on.
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June 27, 2024
A former employee of a property management company claimed in Arizona federal court that she faced age discrimination on the job from the residents of an Arizona community for older people, and that the company did nothing about it.
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June 27, 2024
The Sixth Circuit declined Thursday to reinstate a lawsuit a former pretrial services investigator lodged against a Michigan circuit court accusing it of passing her over for a promotion because she's Black, saying her failure to show bias — not her poor interviewing skills — cost her the role.
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June 27, 2024
The Sixth Circuit dismissed on Thursday an appeal from a group of doctors attempting to block the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from enforcing prohibitions on gender-identity discrimination under the Affordable Care Act, finding subsequent agency action overruled the doctors' claims.
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June 27, 2024
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP announced that a labor and employment attorney with more than 40 years of experience has joined the firm's Reno, Nevada, office as a partner.
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June 27, 2024
An Illinois federal judge threw out a lawsuit by a longtime engineer accusing Union Pacific of passing him over for promotions because he's Black, saying he failed to rebut the railroad company's argument that it went with better-qualified applicants for the roles he sought.
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June 27, 2024
Two Hawaii staffing nonprofits have agreed to pay $325,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging they refused to provide deaf employees with a sign language interpreter during staff meetings, according to a filing in federal court.
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June 27, 2024
A California school district agreed to pay $45,000 after a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation discovered reasonable cause to believe the district refused to promote a vice principal because he is Hispanic, the agency said Thursday.
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June 27, 2024
A Washington federal judge refused to certify an appeal to the Ninth Circuit concerning the lower court's decision to remand to state court a lawsuit alleging retailer Aaron's should have included pay ranges in job advertisements, saying that state court is the ideal venue to interpret state law.
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June 27, 2024
A split Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday reinstated a proposed class action alleging Facebook parent company Meta unlawfully favors visa holders when hiring, ruling that a Reconstruction-era civil rights law bars employers from discriminating against U.S. citizens.
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June 27, 2024
A manufacturing company has struck a $110,000 deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to close a Pennsylvania federal court suit alleging it failed to act when two female workers complained they were regularly subjected to sexual comments and unwanted touching.
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June 27, 2024
A raspberry farm will pay $200,000 to resolve a suit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing it of allowing a male supervisor to sexually harass male and female employees and retaliating against those who spoke up, a filing in California federal court said.
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June 26, 2024
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which took effect one year ago Thursday, has brought about more pregnancy accommodations for workers without causing overwhelming compliance challenges for employers, attorneys on both sides of the bar say.
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June 26, 2024
A Massachusetts federal jury sided with the city of Springfield on Tuesday in a suit brought by nonwhite firefighters who claimed the city failed to enforce residency requirements for its employees and stifled their opportunities for advancement.
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June 26, 2024
An industrial gas manufacturer agreed to settle a worker's suit previously revived by the Sixth Circuit claiming he was illegally fired after he tested positive for marijuana, results that he said were false and derived from his use of legal hemp to treat pain following cancer surgery.
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June 26, 2024
The North Carolina Department of Transportation and a former employee who accused it of failing to provide clean, private space for its nursing workers to pump their breast milk have agreed to settle their dispute, according to new documents filed in federal court.
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June 26, 2024
Software company Mozilla Corp., creator of the Firefox browser, has been hit with a discrimination suit in Washington state court alleging it discriminated against its chief product officer by placing him on leave and demoting him following his cancer diagnosis, despite positive performance reviews and his successful efforts to bolster revenue.
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June 26, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday that it struck a deal with a housekeeping services company to put an end to an investigation into allegations that the company reprimanded workers who spoke Spanish and other languages in the workplace.
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June 26, 2024
A Manhattan judge on Wednesday confirmed LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc.'s $490,000 arbitration win for a former legal executive's alleged contract violations, but declined to enforce the payment until the two sides resolve a related sexual harassment and retaliation dispute.
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June 26, 2024
A former clinical social worker for Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center has agreed to drop her lawsuit accusing management of firing her for protesting diversity programming as laden with "woke" identity politics, according to a recent stipulation filed in Washington federal court.
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June 26, 2024
The Eighth Circuit declined to block U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act while several Republican state attorneys general challenge the dismissal of their suit targeting the rule's abortion coverage.
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June 26, 2024
Starbucks retaliated against an Army veteran who took time off after the birth of his child by firing him during a Teams call, a lawsuit in Washington federal court claims.