Fox Corp settled for $12 million a lawsuit by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, who had claimed gender discrimination and accused the network’s lawyers of pressuring her to make misleading statements in the Dominion Voting Systems case, her lawyer …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether workers can bring discrimination lawsuits based on unwanted workplace transfers that were allegedly motivated by bias, an issue that can make or break many cases. The justices took up a …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday bolstered the ability of employees to obtain accommodations at work for their religious practices, reviving a lawsuit by an evangelical Christian former mail carrier accusing the Postal Service of discrimination after being disciplined for …
A lawsuit set for trial in July against the world’s largest provider of drilling services will offer rare public testimony about the plight of women working in America’s oil fields. Jessica Cheatham, who worked as an engineer for SLB, previously …
Seventeen former Major League Baseball scouts who say they were discriminated against because of their age sued the league, its teams and Commissioner Rob Manfred on Wednesday. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Denver. The former scouts …
Fox Corp.’s streaming platform Tubi was accused in a gender-discrimination lawsuit of paying top female executives 28% less than their male counterparts and offering them fewer promotions. Sarah Ekstrom, Tubi’s former chief people officer, said in a proposed class-action suit …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear an evangelical Christian former mail carrier’s claim of religious discrimination against the U.S. Postal Service after he was disciplined for refusing to work on Sundays in a case that could …
A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by three former Whole Foods employees who said they were illegally fired for opposing the upscale grocery chain’s alleged discriminatory discipline of workers who wore “Black Lives Matter” masks. U.S. District Judge …
Post-Covid changes in the workplace have created a slew of new issues and exposures for employers. From the changing attitudes toward job flexibility and accommodations to the need for employee training to prevent pay-related litigation, employers are navigating new needs …
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed legislation curbing the use of confidentiality agreements that block victims of sexual harassment from speaking publicly about misconduct in the workplace. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden had acted on the bipartisan …
