Discrimination
The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce faces a $17 million federal complaint alleging that female employees are subjected to “sexual harassment, sexual assault” and a hostile work environment from the “boys club” directors.
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Panel Finds No Religious Bias in Wisconsin Bus Rules
A Wisconsin school district did not discriminate against a Catholic school on religious grounds when it refused to provide bus service because it is the second Catholic school in the area, the Seventh Circuit ruled Thursday.
Read moreWashington Justices Strike Down Death Penalty as Racially Biased
The use of the death penalty is racially biased and therefore violates the Washington state Constitution, a unanimous panel of the Evergreen State’s highest court ruled Thursday.
Read moreKentucky Student Takes On School Basketball Rule
A male student claims in a federal lawsuit that a Kentucky school board allows girls, but not boys, to play on basketball teams at multiple grade levels.
Read moreChicago Police
A federal judge refused to dismiss two women’s claims that Chicago discriminates against female police officers, as statistical analyses and the allegations of discrimination plausibly allege a widespread practice that excludes women from command positions.
Read moreIllinois Mothers Sue State for Stricter Gun Control
Two mothers and one grandmother filed a federal class action Wednesday claiming Illinois’ lack of regulations to curtail gun trafficking disproportionately affects kids in black communities.
Read moreFirefighter Case Leaves Justices Tangled in Age-Bias Law
The fate of age-discrimination claims against an Arizona fire department hangs in the balance after the Supreme Court spent a hearing Monday dissecting a statute’s use of the words “also means.”
Read moreArt Censorship at Capitol Fought at DC Circuit
The D.C. Circuit grappled Friday with whether a student artist suffered discrimination when his contest-winning art was removed from the U.S. Capitol complex.
Read moreJudge Orders Secretary Ross to Sit for Deposition in Census Case
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross must sit for deposition concerning his move to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census, a federal judge ordered Friday.
Read moreAmericans Still See Glass Ceiling in Politics, Business
The majority of Americans today say there are not enough women in high political offices or executive business positions, but many believe that the country might never achieve gender parity in these leadership positions, the Pew Research Center reported Thursday.
Read moreWomen Say Facebook Allows Illegal Bias in Job Ads
Prospective job-seekers filed gender discrimination charges against Facebook and 10 other employers Tuesday, claiming the companies target their help wanted ads to male Facebook users and effectively shun women and nonbinary users from opportunities.
Read moreAge Discrimination
Three men let go from IBM after a combined 82 years of service claim in a federal class action that the tech giant “has been in the process of systematically laying off older employees in order to build a younger workforce.”
Read moreUnsealed Ross Memo Contradicts Testimony to Congress
Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told Congress earlier this year that he added a citizenship question to the 2020 census to help the Department of Justice enforce the Voting Rights Act.
Read moreLaw Firm Manager Said to Press Shooting Survivors for Sex
Survivors of a mass shooting at a Florida nightclub claim in court that a marketing manager for a Philadelphia-based law firm tried to pressure them into sexual relations while they were clients.
Read moreCargill Class Action
Cargill Meat Solutions will pay $1.5 million to settle charges of discriminating against African and Muslim employees, the EEOC announced Friday.
Read moreEmployment
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought a federal complaint Thursday against sued Porous Materials Inc., on behalf of a black worker whose manager told her “that her husband should be working in a cotton field with a rope around his neck,” as well as for other women whom the manager routinely called “bitches.”
Read moreReligion
A foreman claims in a federal complaint that the American Asphalt Co., of West Collingswood Heights, N.J., fired him because he’s a pagan.
Read moreWhite People
In a federal class action, a Dallas man accuses the U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration of discriminating against white people.
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