What Supreme Court’s Head Scarf Ruling Means for Employers June 1, 2015 By Thomas Black and Carol Hymowitz A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Abercrombie & Fitch Co. can be sued for denying employment to a woman wearing...
Policewomen in Colorado Claim Fitness Discrimination May 5, 2015 A group of 12 Colorado Springs, Colo. female police officers are suing the city for what they say is an...
Woman Loses California Gender-Discrimination Suit March 30, 2015 By Pamela MacLean and Robert Burnson A jury soundly rejected Ellen Pao’s claims of gender discrimination by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, in a case that...
Education Dept.: Harvard Law School’s Response to Sex Assaults Violated Title IX December 31, 2014 By Chris Staiti Harvard Law School was found in violation of Title IX, the law that prohibits gender discrimination in education, for its...
No Punitive Damages for Workplace Sex Bias, Iowa Court Says June 24, 2013 By Ryan J. Foley Courts cannot award punitive damages to victims of workplace sexual harassment and gender discrimination under the Iowa Civil Rights Act,...
Goldman Avoids Class Action Over Gender Bias Claim; Court Allows Arbitration March 21, 2013 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Thursday won a U.S. court order allowing it to send a former employee’s gender discrimination...
Former Idaho Probation Employee Alleges Gender Bias In Lawsuit January 25, 2013 A former Idaho probation and parole employee is accusing her administrators of gender discrimination and creating a hostile work environment...
Judge Lets Wal-Mart Discrimination Case Proceed September 24, 2012 By Dan Levine A U.S. judge rejected Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s request to dismiss a gender discrimination case filed in California, but said he...
Employment Bias Complaints Against Private Sector at All-Time High: EEOC January 27, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson Employment discrimination complaints against private sector employers reached an all-time high in the most recent fiscal year, federal regulators said...
Walmart Seeks End to Refiled Gender Bias Lawsuit January 18, 2012 By Dan Levine Women who refiled a gender discrimination lawsuit against Walmart Stores Inc. have failed to come to grips with the landmark...