The EEOC must litigate in Pennsylvania rather than Maryland its lawsuit alleging Sheetz Inc. discriminates against job seekers based on race through the improper screening of applicants’ criminal justice histories.
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SCOTUS Won’t Review Florida Agency’s Challenge to Job Bias Test
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to review whether a lower court wrongly analyzed the evidence in a former Florida Department of Juvenile Justice superintendent’s race and sex discrimination lawsuit under a “convincing mosaic” proof approach.
SCOTUS Denies Tech Company Review in Fired HR Chief’s Bias Suit
The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected Intelligent Waves Inc.’s request for review of a French-Canadian human resources executive’s lawsuit alleging she was fired because of her age.
DOJ Gets $2.7 Million in Maryland State Police Hiring Bias Suit
The Maryland Department of State Police will pay more than $2.7 million and change its devices for choosing trooper applicants to end a US Justice Department race and sex discrimination lawsuit.
Jones Day Parental Leave Trial Will Include Interference Claim
A former Jones Day associate will get a trial on whether his firing while on leave following the birth of his child interfered with his rights under District of Columbia law, a federal court clarified Thursday.
EEOC Bias Suits Drop in 2024 Despite Move to Democratic Majority
The number of discrimination cases filed by the EEOC this year dipped after an uptick last year, even as a new Democratic majority and general counsel broke a partisan deadlock that had limited aspects of the agency’s work.
San Francisco’s BART Loses Retrial Bid in Religious Bias Case
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, better known as BART, lost its bid to get a new trial in a lawsuit brought by seven workers alleging the transit system violated their First Amendment rights by denying Covid-19 vaccine accommodations for their religious beliefs.
Ex-Employee Sues Aerospace Manufacturer for Bias, Retaliation
A former employee of Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. is suing the aerospace manufacturer alleging sex discrimination and retaliation under federal and state civil rights laws.
Nuclear Cleanup Workers’ Vaccine Religious Bias Case Pared Back
A nuclear and environmental cleanup firm nabbed an early end to religious ex-workers’ Covid-19 vaccine policy disparate treatment claims, but the company must face their failure-to-accommodate claims.
Ex-Jones Day Couple Gets Sex Bias Trial on Parental Leave Claims
Married lawyers suing former employer Jones Day will get a trial on claims that the firm’s parental leave policy for newborns discriminates against biological fathers and that they faced retaliation for complaining about it.
First Appeals Court to Mull EEOC Abortion Accommodation Rule
17 states to argue on appeal for injunction on pregnancy rule
Federal Workers Should Be Back In the Office
The government has been dragging its feet when it comes to telework. Taxpayers deserve better.
Texas Hospital Worker’s Bias Suit Revived After Late EEOC Filing
A White hospital worker in Houston should have another chance to bring her discrimination charge against her former employer after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s delays made her file her charge a few days late, the Fifth Circuit said in a reversal.
How to Manage Bipolar Disorder in the Workplace
Bipolar disorder is sometimes called the “CEO disease” due to its prevalence among entrepreneurs and senior executives, who display the elevated creativity, passion, ambition and resilience that are hallmarks of the condition.
How Air Conditioning Took Over the American Office
Before AC, US office workers relied on building design features to adapt to high temperatures. But the promise of boosted productivity created a different kind of workplace.