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EEOC Sues 15 Employers in 10 States for Not Filing Workforce Demographics Data

Last week the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) took what is being called an unprecedented step by filing lawsuits against 15 employers for allegedly failing to comply with mandatory reporting requirements. The employers, from 10 states and various industries …

Ex-Citi Banker Says She Was Fired for Refusing to Give False Data to Regulator

A former managing director at Citigroup sued the bank and its chief operating officer on Wednesday, alleging she was fired for opposing what she said were attempts to give regulators false information. Kathleen Martin, a former managing director Citi hired …

FDIC Chair Gruenberg Apologizes for Agency Culture, Commits to Fixes

U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin Gruenberg on Wednesday said he was deeply sorry for a toxic workplace culture and his own mistreatment of employees. Testifying before Congress, Gruenberg said he accepted the findings of an independent report that …

18 States Sue Over EEOC’s Policy on Transgender Workers

A group of Republican-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing broad legal protections for transgender workers. The 18 states filed the complaint in federal court in Knoxville, Tennessee, late Monday. …

Tesla Settles Factory Worker’s Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Tesla has settled a lawsuit by a former factory employee who says she was fired for complaining about severe sexual harassment, as the electric carmaker faces a series of sex and race discrimination lawsuits. U.S. District Judge William Orrick in …

US Probe Finds Widespread Sexual Misconduct at FDIC

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation must make sweeping changes to address widespread sexual harassment and other misconduct, according to an independent report released on Tuesday that raises questions about the future of the banking regulator’s leadership. The report, prompted by …

Maryland Hospitality Firm Settles Employee Pregnancy Discrimination, Firing Suit

Savage River Lodge and Little Crossings will pay $150,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle federal charges that they discriminated against an employee because of her pregnancy and then fired her. The Frostburg, Maryland businesses, part of Fronterra Resources, offer …

What to Know About New Rights for Pregnant Workers

Pregnant employees have the right to a wide range of accommodations under new federal regulations for enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that supporters say could change workplace culture for millions of people. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency …

Wells Fargo Bond Saleswoman Sues Over ‘Unapologetically Sexist’ Workplace

Wells Fargo was accused of sex discrimination in a lawsuit by a bond saleswoman who said the fourth-largest U.S. bank denied pay and promotions available to men and tolerated an “unapologetically sexist” workplace. The complaint filed on Friday in federal …

Google Fires 28 Workers Protesting $1.2 Billion Israeli Contract

Alphabet Inc.’s Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon.com Inc. to provide the Israeli government with AI and cloud services. The protests, which were led by …