Supreme Court Bans Employment Bias Against Gay, Transgender People June 15, 2020 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a watershed victory for LGBT rights, ruling that a landmark federal law forbidding...
Microsoft Women Face Skeptical Appeals Court over Unequal-Pay Case November 5, 2019 By Peter Blumberg Women engineers who claim Microsoft Corp. discriminates against them for pay and promotions faced tough questions from a federal appeals...
Supreme Court Justices Appear Divided Over LGBT Workers’ Rights October 9, 2019 By Greg Stohr and Kimberly Robinson The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided over whether federal anti-discrimination law protects gay and transgender employees, as the justices heard...
21% of U.S. Workers Over 40 Claim They Have Experienced Age Bias, Insurer Says August 13, 2019 Age discrimination affects more than one-fifth of U.S. workers over the age of 40, a particular number of which are...
JPMorgan Settles for $5 Million with Employee Who Claimed Anti-Dad Bias June 3, 2019 By Josh Eidelson JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $5 million to resolve a discrimination claim filed by a male employee...
Supreme Court to Weigh If U.S. Job Bias Law Protects Gay, Transgender Employees April 22, 2019 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether federal law bars employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and...
Court Rules Federal Age Bias Law Protects Only Current Employees, Not Applicants January 24, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A divided U.S. appeals court on Wednesday dealt a setback to older job applicants, saying they cannot invoke a federal...
Class Action Alleges Facebook’s Ad Tools Discriminate Against Older Job Seekers May 29, 2018 By Josh Eidelson A proposed class action lawsuit alleging Facebook’s ad placement tools facilitate discrimination against older job-seekers has been expanded to identify...
Google Faces Lawsuit Alleging Employment Bias Against Women September 15, 2017 By Daniel Wiessner Three female former employees of Alphabet Inc.’s Google filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing the tech company of discriminating against...
Transgender Chinese Man Wins Groundbreaking Job Discrimination Lawsuit August 1, 2017 By Didi Tang A Chinese court has ruled that a transgender man was unjustly dismissed by a former employer, the plaintiff said Thursday...