Time’s Up, a legal fund formed by more than 300 women in Hollywood to fight sexual harassment across industries, is also seeking pay equity for actresses. In 2017, the top 10 highest-paid actors banked a ...
Another Federal Appeals Court has now ruled that discrimination based on sexual orientation constitutes illegal sex discrimination under Title VII. This deepens the split among the federal circuits and increases the likelihood that the United ...
Two co-workers – one African American and one Caucasian – both got fired for a verbal altercation at work yet the African American employee still gets to sue for race discrimination. How does that work? ...
Last weekend’s National Football League (NFL) schedule featured some notable match-ups but none more hotly contested than President Trump’s call to arms (and knees) over players’ silent protests during the National Anthem. Kneeling Gets a ...
We wrote last year about the dismissal of a claim by an employee who got fired because her boss’s wife was jealous of her good looks. Well, her appeal may have been too much for the boss’s wife ...
An employee suffered a severe injury from driving a nail through his head but it was the employer who got hammered for disability discrimination. Biagio Stragapede, a water worker for the City of Evanston, Illinois, suffered a ...
In a somewhat surprising and disturbing decision, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that even a single one-word racial epithet can create a viable hostile work environment harassment claim. Two African American laborers sued staffing agency ...
Based on a recent decision from the United States Supreme Court, resistance to a subpoena from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will likely be futile. In the typical case, a charge from the EEOC ...
