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...
New York Accuses Amazon of Discriminating Against Pregnant and Disabled Workers May 18, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel The New York State Division of Human Rights has filed a complaint against Amazon.com Inc. accusing the online retailer of...
Massachusetts Town’s Former Police Officer Alleges Sexual Orientation Discrimination February 10, 2022 A former Brimfield, Mass. police officer has filed a lawsuit claiming the town’s board members discriminated against him when they...
Sweeping Class Action Accuses NFL Teams of Racial Bias Against Blacks February 2, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The recently fired head coach of the Miami Dolphins has filed a scathing lawsuit accusing the National Football League of...
Workplace Class Action Payouts Unexpectedly Grew During Pandemic in 2021 January 14, 2022 The cost of settling workplace class-action lawsuits reached a record high in 2021, defying expectations that the COVID-19 pandemic would...