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Ex-Barclays Banker Hikes Claim for Damages Over Sexism, Working Hours to $4.6M

A former Barclays banker has raised a claim for damages against the bank over sexism and a failure to adjust her working hours to about 4 million pounds ($4.6 million) from 560,000 pounds, a court document seen by Reuters on …

BNP Broker Wins Sex Discrimination Lawsuit, Highlighting Unequal Pay, Laddish Culture

A broker at BNP Paribas SA who complained about being paid less than male colleagues won her employment suit after a London judge ruled that she suffered sexual discrimination. Stacey Macken, a prime brokerage product manager who still works at …

Once Voted SocGen’s Woman of the Year, Former Exec Sues for $6M After Firing

A veteran executive who was voted woman of the year at Societe Generale SA is suing the bank at a Paris employment tribunal after colleagues accused her of being a disrespectful control-freak and her bosses decided she was unfit for …

EEOC Sues Florida Strip Club for Refusing to Hire Male Bartender

A Florida strip club accused of hiring only women bartenders and refusing to hire a man is facing a federal lawsuit. A lawsuit filed June 28 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Sammy’s Gentlemen’s Club in Fort Walton …

Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Godfrey Resigning

Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Christopher J. Godfrey will resign to take a federal position, but will continue pursuing a lawsuit alleging Gov. Terry Branstad and aides illegally bullied him, he said. Godfrey has accepted an appointment as chairman and chief …

Iowa Court Reconsiders Firing of ‘Irresistible’ Assistant

A dental assistant fired because her boss thought she was too attractive has won a rare reconsideration by the Iowa Supreme Court on her sexual discrimination lawsuit. Chief Justice Mark Cady signed an order on June 24 that resubmitted a …