Discrimination, Job Applicants, Employment Litigation

Risk Management in the Modern Era of Workplace Generative AI

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/9/2025

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is becoming more prevalent in the workplace, including as a tool for human resources (HR) leaders to use in their employment practices. At the same time, close to a dozen states have...more

BaronHR to Pay $2.2 Million in EEOC Hiring Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/10/2024

Temporary Staffing Company Resolves Federal Charges It Discriminated Against Workers Based on Race, National Origin, Sex and Disability - LOS ANGELES – Nationwide staffing agency BaronHR, LLC will pay $2.2 million and...more

The Transfer-mers: D.C. Circuit Rules That Job Transfers Covered by Title VII Without Higher Bar

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 6/7/2022

Let’s say you are tired of your current position and want to try something new with the same employer. You apply for a job transfer, and you are turned down. Then you find out that other people were able to make the move more...more

EEOC Sues United Precision Products Company for Age Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/15/2020

Aerospace Component Supplier Discriminated Against Applicant Because of his Age, Federal Agency Charges - DETROIT - United Precision Products Co., Inc., a supplier of aerospace components based in Dearborn Heights,...more

[WEBINAR] Labor & Employment Law: What Changed in 2017

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 6/22/2018

Best Best & Krieger Labor & Employment attorneys discussed new legislation and case law impacting California employers - private and public. What Was Discussed -Legislation passed in 2017 -Wage and hour update ...more

R&L Carriers, Inc. and R&L Shared Services, LLC Sued by EEOC for Sex-based Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/3/2017

Companies Refused to Hire Qualified Females as Dockworkers and Loaders, Federal Agency Charges - INDIANPOLIS - Wilmington, Ohio based companies, R&L Carriers, Inc. and R&L Shared Services, LLC, refused to hire qualified...more

EEOC Sues CSX Transportation for Company-Wide Sex Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/3/2017

Railroad Subjected Class of Female Workers to Unlawful Physical Abilities Testing, Federal Agency Charges - HUNTINGTON, W.V. - CSX Transportation, Inc., a provider of rail-based transportation services with operations...more

Cutting Class: Teachers’ Motion For Class Certification Denied In Race Discrimination Class Action

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/28/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: Four African-American teachers alleged that their school district employer discriminated against them on the basis of race by failing to hire them as assistant principals, and filed a motion for class...more

A Candidate Named Sue (or Maybe Regina)? Tread Carefully With the Litigious Job Applicant

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/26/2017

When is it safe to take action against an employee (or a former employee) who filed an EEOC charge against you? As the 7th Circuit just found in Baines v. Walgreen Co., you can never –REPEAT, NEVER – take action because an...more

Dollar General Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/26/2017

Portal, Ga., Store Manager Refused to Interview Applicant After Seeing Her Arm in a Sling, Federal Agency Charges - ATLANTA - The owner-operator of a Georgia Dollar General store violated federal law by discriminating...more

Meat Market San Juan Agrees to Conciliate EEOC Age Discrimination Investigation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/24/2017

SAN JUAN, P.R. - Meat Market San Juan, LLC, a steakhouse in San Juan, P.R., has agreed to pay a monetary amount to unsuccessful job applicants and to maintain a workplace free of discrimination to resolve an age...more

EEOC Sues Gold, Inc. / Sammy’s Gentlemen’s Club For Sex Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/3/2017

Company Refused to Hire Male Job Applicant Because of His Sex and Failed to Maintain Required Records of Job Applications, Federal Agency Charges - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Gold, Inc., d/b/a Sammy's Gentlemen's Club, a...more

Rhode Island Superior Court Rules on Job Applicant's Medical Marijuana Use

Littler on 6/15/2017

In a case of first impression in the state, the Rhode Island Superior Court recently ruled an employer is prohibited from refusing to hire a prospective employee because the employee would potentially fail a pre-employment...more

EEOC Sues Ruby Tuesday For Age Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/17/2017

Boca Raton Restaurant Refuses to Hire a Qualified Applicant Because It Wanted to 'Maximize Longevity,' Federal Agency Charges - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Ruby Tuesday, Inc., a national casual dining restaurant chain,...more

Employment News - May 2017 #2

Hogan Lovells on 5/15/2017

Wrong answer – applicant should have been allowed an alternative to multiple choice test - The EAT in Government Legal Service v Brookes found that a job applicant with Asperger's had been unlawfully discriminated...more

Education Company to Pay $57,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/9/2017

Special Education Associates Rescinded Job Offer to Applicant When She Refused to 'Party' With CEO, Federal Agency Charged - NEW YORK - Special Education Associates, Inc., which provides educational services to students...more

Automation Personnel Services to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Lawsuit for Sex Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/8/2017

Federal Agency Charged Staffing Agency With Refusing to Hire Women - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Automation Personnel Services, Inc., a Pelham, Ala.-based staffing agency, will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a...more

The Seventh Circuit's Recent Ruling on Sexual-Orientation Discrimination: What School Districts Need to Know

Hogan Lovells on 4/14/2017

On April 4, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit became the first federal appellate court in the country to hold that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from...more

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