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July 31, 2024
A Michigan federal judge tossed a Muslim and Middle Eastern former Ford engineer's suit alleging he was fired from his job on the basis of bias for complaining he was being mistreated, ruling that he hadn't put forward enough evidence to show that bigotry drove his firing.
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July 31, 2024
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. passed over a Black worker for a senior director role in favor of a less qualified white woman and retaliated against him for a previously filed race discrimination complaint, a lawsuit filed in D.C. federal court said.
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July 31, 2024
NBCUniversal reprimanded an HIV+ employee for missing work due to illness and then fired him two days after he submitted paperwork for intermittent leave, a former animation technician said in a lawsuit filed in California Superior Court.
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July 31, 2024
Yale New Haven Hospital "effectively" terminated a physician's assistant while she was on medical leave after a cancer diagnosis, then allowed her to return but refused to let her work remotely during chemotherapy treatments and fired her months before her death in September 2023, according to a lawsuit from her estate.
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July 31, 2024
A school district in New York violated federal law when it refused to fairly pay a teacher after he took time off to serve in the Army National Guard, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a new lawsuit.
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July 31, 2024
The Fourth Circuit upheld a Baltimore gas company's win over a former mechanic's lawsuit alleging he was unlawfully terminated for taking medical leave because of a diabetes-related condition, ruling Wednesday that suspicions of dishonesty provided a credible reason for letting him go.
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July 31, 2024
A manufacturer of bedding and furniture components will pay more than $400,000 to resolve allegations from the U.S. Department of Labor that it favored Asian job seekers in the hiring process to the detriment of Black, white and Hispanic applicants.
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July 31, 2024
Levi Strauss trimmed but couldn't fully dodge a former marketing director's suit claiming she was passed over for promotions in favor of male or younger colleagues, when a California federal judge ruled that a jury needs to determine whether bias caused her career trajectory to stagnate.
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July 31, 2024
The Third Circuit declined to reinstate a former Wells Fargo employee's suit alleging he was fired after complaining that the bank withheld some of his commissions, saying he can't revive his suit due to his "inexcusable lack of diligence" at complying with court orders.
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July 31, 2024
Equal Rights Advocates, a gender justice/women's rights nonprofit, announced Tuesday it is bringing in a U.S. Department of Justice civil rights attorney as head of its litigation team.
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July 30, 2024
A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday trimmed a white former Starbucks store manager's lawsuit alleging she was fired to help the coffee company save face amid accusations of discrimination against Black workers, ruling she filed several claims too late.
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July 30, 2024
Transgender adults and children in Florida on Monday urged the Eleventh Circuit to reject the state's attempt to enforce a law restricting gender-affirming treatment for transgender minors and adults while the case is on appeal.
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July 30, 2024
The Eighth Circuit refused Tuesday to revive a St. Louis University medical clinic worker's suit alleging she was fired for complaining about a male colleague's sexually inappropriate behavior, ruling she waited too long to sue after getting a green light from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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July 30, 2024
Two orchestra musicians defended their duty of fair representation claims against an American Federation of Musicians local and breach of labor contract allegations against the New York Philharmonic, urging a federal judge to find the defendants are on the hook for actions involving their suspensions.
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July 30, 2024
The Third Circuit reinstated a lawsuit a drug counselor brought against a nonprofit treatment center that he said refused to hire him because he was in his mid-60s and had a leg disability, ruling Tuesday that the lower court relied on an outdated interpretation of federal civil rights law.
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July 30, 2024
A metro Atlanta school district facing charges that it censors LGBTQ+ content and punishes educators who advocate for inclusivity asked a Georgia federal judge to dismiss a suit from a fired teacher that the district claimed would strip schools of the power to decide what's appropriate material for students.
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July 30, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Tuesday that an Ohio nursing and rehabilitation facility agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve the agency's lawsuit accusing it of allowing staff to call a 59-year-old worker "gramps" and then firing him after he complained.
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July 30, 2024
The Tenth Circuit on Tuesday seemed to lean toward allowing a former United Parcel Service trainee a new shot at claiming he was unlawfully fired after a bout of heat exhaustion, scrutinizing various rationales that could support reviving his disability bias suit.
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July 30, 2024
A paving company has agreed to pay $1.25 million to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it failed to stop white employees from regularly using racial slurs toward Black colleagues and taking guns to work, according to a filing in Florida federal court.
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July 30, 2024
Former NFL coach Jon Gruden is making another push to keep his contract interference and conspiracy suit against the league in open court, calling on the entire Nevada Supreme Court to examine whether the case should be shuffled to arbitration.
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July 30, 2024
The Federal Circuit has upheld the removal of a Georgia administrative law judge over a pattern of "deficiencies" uncovered in his rulings, insubordination, and a workplace tirade in which he reportedly told a supervisor she was "worse than a Nazi," the court said Tuesday.
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July 30, 2024
A transgender woman slapped Liberty University with a lawsuit in Virginia federal court, accusing the Christian school of firing her when she came out as trans and signaled that she wanted to change her name.
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July 30, 2024
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has ended a former partner's race and disability bias suit, announcing a settlement in Los Angeles Superior Court, while continuing to push for arbitration in a separate discrimination suit, also filed in Los Angeles, where a former equity partner has accused the firm of gender discrimination and "unethical billing."
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July 30, 2024
A Los Angeles Fire Department captain and the union that represents him have sued the fire department and city in California federal court, accusing them of illegally reprimanding the captain for getting arrested alongside hundreds at a rally to support striking hotel workers.
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July 30, 2024
A Ninth Circuit panel's ruling that a federal prison guard's Instagram posts denigrating a female co-worker can qualify as unlawful harassment will be referred to often, experts predicted, as social media posts increasingly cause workplace friction.