BHP, Rio Pressured Women to Sign NDAs After Sexual Harassment Complaints: Lawyer December 12, 2024 By Melanie Burton BHP and Rio Tinto have used confidentiality agreements to prevent female employees from speaking about sexual harassment at work, according...
Women Suing Goldman Sachs Demand Files with Words They Say Prove Discrimination November 4, 2020 By Bob Van Voris Women suing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for gender discrimination are going after any internal documents with words like “babe,” “bimbo”...
HR Departments Often Ill-Equipped to Handle Sexual Harassment Claims: Viewpoint October 30, 2017 By Rebecca Greenfield In an ideal world, anyone who experiences harassment at work would head directly to the human resource department. That’s where...
Union Alleges Kansas Aerospace Firm Used Medical Records in Layoffs March 28, 2014 By Roxana Hegeman The union representing engineers at Spirit AeroSystems Inc. accused the aerospace company of terminating hundreds of workers last year because...
Iowa Court: Breastfeeding Employee Can’t Sue Nationwide Mutual Insurance March 19, 2014 By Ryan J. Foley Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. did not discriminate against an employee who claims she was denied a room to pump breast...
Colorado Lawmakers Consider Worker Discrimination Claims April 19, 2013 By Ivan Moreno A proposal to increase legal remedies for employee discrimination at small businesses in Colorado got initial approval by House Democrats...