New York City Enacts Law Banning Discrimination Based on Weight, Height May 30, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson New York City Mayor Eric Adams has signed into law a bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of a...
Seafood Company Denies Discrimination Claim by Immigrant Worker May 16, 2023 A Massachusetts seafood business said Thursday that it did not discriminate against an immigrant worker who complained to the state....
EEOC Civil Rights Suit Accuses New York Pizzeria of Harassing Transgender Cook April 3, 2023 T C Wheelers, Inc., which operates T.C. Wheelers Bar & Pizzeria in Tonawanda, New York, violated federal law when management...
Pennsylvania Mail Carrier Case Tests ‘Reasonable Accommodation’ for Religion January 18, 2023 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by an evangelical Christian former mail carrier in Pennsylvania...
Jury Awards Massachusetts Police Detective $4M in Sex Discrimination Lawsuit November 14, 2022 A jury has awarded more than $4 million to a former Massachusetts police detective who said in a lawsuit that...
Buffalo Staffing Firm Settles Employment Discrimination Lawsuit October 12, 2022 Staffing Solutions of WNY Inc., a Buffalo-based staffing company serving western New York, will pay $550,000 to settle an employment...
Midwest Cleaning Services to Pay $100,000 EEOC Settlement September 21, 2022 Eagle Services, an industrial and environmental cleaning service with locations in Illinois and Indiana, will pay $100,000 in monetary relief...
Massachusetts Bans Hairstyle Discrimination at School, Work July 28, 2022 By Steve LeBlanc Legislation to ban discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles — such as Afros, cornrows or tightly coiled twists —...
Menopause Discrimination Cases Are Rising in UK Employment Courts June 2, 2022 By Katharine Gemmell UK employment court cases involving menopause are increasing, with more workers ready to challenge companies’ that are failing to recognize...
Jury Grants 2 Former Philadelphia Police Officers $1M Bias Verdict Against City May 27, 2022 By Maryclaire Dale Two former police officers whose gender discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit led Philadelphia’s police commissioner to resign have won a...