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A jury must decide whether name-calling and other harassment a purchaser with a New York glass and window company allegedly faced before being fired violated federal and New York City law, the Eastern District of New York ruled.

The Labor Department’s pooled plan provider rule has gone to the White House for final review, the last substantial step before it can be published in the Federal Register and take effect.

Conference Board economist says things are better than the unemployment rate indicates.

Lockheed Martin Corp. will pay $115,000 and beef up training in its Crystal City, Va., government and regulatory affairs operations to settle an EEOC suit alleging it failed to accommodate an administrative assistant’s brain injury and instead fired her, Maryland federal court records show.

Lockheed Martin Corp. will pay $115,000 and beef up training in its Crystal City, Va., government and regulatory affairs operations to settle an EEOC suit alleging it failed to accommodate an administrative assistant’s brain injury and instead fired her, Maryland federal court records show.

Disney Streaming Service is entitled to dismissal of a male product designer’s Title VII lawsuit alleging that he was discriminated against on the basis of his wife’s pregnancy. 

A former male employee lost his suit alleging Disney Streaming Services treated pregnant female coworkers better than how he was received when his wife was pregnant when a New York federal court rejected his Title VII claims.

Bank of America Corp. inched closer to its diversity goals last year, and said it recognizes more needs to be done.

The EEOC’s annual fiscal-year-end litigation push fell hardest on health-care providers, retailers, and restaurants in a September that saw the number of new suits against employers by the agency drop significantly for the second straight year.

A study commissioned by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to analyze the quality of worker pay data the agency has gathered from employers, and how to potentially collect that information in the future, should be completed by the end of 2021, EEOC Chair Janet Dhillon said in an interview with Bloomberg Law.

Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act provides a private cause of action to workers, allowing state-sanctioned, card-carrying medical pot patients to sue their employers for alleged discrimination based on their lawful use of the drug, a federal judge in Philadelphia ruled on an issue of first impression.

Google parent Alphabet Inc. pledged $310 million to expand diversity efforts and resolve shareholder litigation that alleged the company’s board to failed to prevent sexual harassment and hid misconduct by executives.

A company managing a U.S. Army hotel at Wisconsin’s Fort McCoy will pay $60,000 and revise its employee handbook to end a lawsuit alleging it failed to accommodate a probationary housekeeper’s seizure disorder and instead fired her, federal court records show.

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said he’s been impressed by employees’ ability to operate remotely and predicted that some new work habits will remain after the pandemic.

Cornell University will pay $225,000 to settle a 28,000-person class action challenging the fees and investment options in the school’s retirement plan, according to settlement papers filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.