Top 10 Employment Discrimination Claims in 2016 February 8, 2017 By Andrew G. Simpson The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said it resolved 97,443 charges of employment discrimination in fiscal year 2016 and...
Lawsuit Alleges ‘Boys’ Club’ at Citigroup Unfair to Women November 30, 2016 By Jonathan Stempel A former Citigroup Inc. financial adviser on Monday filed a lawsuit accusing the bank of running a “boys’ club” that...
Lawsuit Alleges Yahoo Discriminated Against Men in Employment October 11, 2016 By Deborah M. Todd A Yahoo Inc. media executive fired from the internet company last year has filed a lawsuit claiming a job review...
Wal-Mart Ordered to Pay New Hampshire Pharmacist $31M in Bias Case January 29, 2016 By Jonathan Stempel Wal-Mart Stores Inc was ordered by a federal jury in New Hampshire to pay $31.22 million to a pharmacist who...
Marriage Right Doesn’t Protect Gays in Employment, Commerce or Housing June 26, 2015 By Andrew Harris The U.S. Supreme Court may have written the most consequential words in the history of gay rights with its recognition...
Government Sends Message by ‘Super-Sizing’ Employment Bias Cases August 20, 2012 By Sam Hananel It started with allegations of hangman’s nooses, graffiti and racist comments targeting a handful of black workers at a trucking...
Mississippi Reservist Files Job Bias Claim Against Weather Channel TV June 11, 2012 A former on-air forecaster for The Weather Channel is suing the network, claiming it illegally discriminated against her because of...
Employment Bias Complaints Against Private Sector at All-Time High: EEOC January 27, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson Employment discrimination complaints against private sector employers reached an all-time high in the most recent fiscal year, federal regulators said...
North Carolina Professor Appeals Ruling Over Job Tenure December 28, 2011 A professor who says her remarks about a Palestinian film cost her a job at North Carolina State University wants...