Reuters

A federal jury in Manhattan on Monday rejected claims by a former lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell that the law firm had fired him in 2018 for complaining about alleged racial discrimination.

A Black former associate at 1,200-lawyer Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders sued the U.S. law firm on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. federal court, claiming she was discriminated against and then fired for complaining about her treatment.

A federal judge presiding over a rare sexual harassment trial involving the U.S. federal judiciary on Thursday questioned whether a former public defender in North Carolina had sufficiently shown that officials mishandled her workplace misconduct complaint.

The coming year will reveal the full impact of a U.S. labor board’s recent rulings that were seen as providing a major boost to union organizing and whether those changes can withstand legal challenges amid a series of high-profile labor campaigns.

A San Diego-based medical group will pay $6.875 million to settle claims that it violated federal anti-discrimination laws by subjecting physicians to a mandatory retirement age of 75, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said on Tuesday.

The U.S. federal judiciary’s handling of a former North Carolina public defender’s sexual harassment complaint took center stage on Monday at the start of a trial centered on allegations that her supervisor subjected her to unwanted sexual advances.

A U.S. appeals court on Friday seemed poised to reverse a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling that said a produce company broke the law by warning a pro-union truck driver not to cover up a surveillance camera placed in the cab of his truck.

Affirmative action in higher education suffered a major loss after the Supreme Court’s decision today in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. UNC. But in the employment context, affirmative action appears to be more prevalent than ever.

A U.S. labor board has dismissed claims that Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) illegally fired employees working on Autopilot software at a New York factory to put an end to union organizing.

Millions of “gig” workers may get missed every month in the U.S. government’s employment report, a discrepancy with implications for how Federal Reserve officials size up the job market and any associated inflation risks.

Tech workers at the New York Times plan to strike for half a day on Monday, accusing the publisher of attempting to unilaterally force them back to the office.

Toyota Motor said Wednesday it is raising the wages of non-union U.S. factory workers just days after the United Auto Workers union won major pay and benefit hikes from the Detroit Three automakers.

Ford (F.N) executive chairman Bill Ford on Monday urged the United Auto Workers union to end a 32-day strike and reach a new labor agreement, and warned of the growing impact to the automaker and the U.S. economy.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Friday said it sued United Parcel Service (UPS.N) for disability discrimination, alleging the delivery firm refused to hire deaf or hearing-impaired individuals as drivers.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has sued the U.S. government saying that the government’s administrative case accusing the rocket and satellite company of refusing to hire refugees and asylees violates the U.S. Constitution.