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How Texas’ abortion ban hurts Big Oil’s effort to transform its workforce
As Texas officials moved to restrict abortion, promote Christianity in schools and the state’s power grid teetered on collapse, oil worker Steven Beaman and his wife Hayley Hollands decided it was time to live elsewhere.
Harvard says didn’t need to notify insurer about Asian discrimination lawsuit
The insurance dispute stems from a case filed in November 2014 by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), which the U.S. Supreme Court will hear next month.
Former New York Governor Cuomo sued by ex-aide for alleged sexual harassment
A one-time aide to former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against him in federal court alleging a pattern of sexual harassment while she worked in his office.
Single unwanted kiss supports cop’s harassment lawsuit, court says
Supervisor’s kiss “close enough” to sexual harassment, court rules
Florida law curbing ‘woke’ workplace bias training blocked by judge
Judge says law violates employers’ free-speech rights
Tesla to urge dismissal of California agency’s race bias lawsuit
Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) lawyers on Wednesday will urge a California judge to throw out a lawsuit by the state’s civil rights agency accusing the electric car maker of widespread race discrimination at an assembly plant.
U.S. Supreme Court asked to revive postal worker’s religious bias claim
Court urged to overturn 1977 ruling on religious accommodations
Goldman Sachs’ long-running gender bias lawsuit set for June 2023 trial
A U.S. federal judge on Monday rejected Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s bid to dismiss most of a 12-year-old class action alleging widespread bias against women in pay and promotions, and said the case will finally go to trial next June.
Workplace arbitration agreements: where we are and where we’re going
The past decade has seen a variety of hot topics emerge in the labor and employment law field.
Worker’s firing over vulgar comment violated labor law, court rules
Worker wrote ‘whore board’ on OT sheet to protest company policy
Judge in NFL coaches’ race bias case won’t allow ‘fishing expedition’
A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday denied an attempt by three Black coaches suing the National Football League for race discrimination to gather more evidence before responding to the league’s bid to send their claims to arbitration.
Gas company to pay $184,000 to worker with cancer fired over COVID risk
A Pennsylvania gas well service company will pay $184,000 to settle claims that it unlawfully fired a longtime employee because his cancer made him more vulnerable to COVID-19, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said on Thursday.
Appeals court should revisit high bar for bias claims, panel says
A U.S. appeals court panel on Wednesday reluctantly ruled that a sex-based scheduling system for jail guards in Dallas County, Texas, did not amount to unlawful sex bias, while imploring the full court to reconsider its standard for proving workplace discrimination.
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