Employer Liability Issues, Harassment, Disparate Treatment

Federal Agencies Issue Guidance Identifying DEI Policies and Practices That May Be Unlawful

Lathrop GPM on 5/2/2025

Last month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) issued guidance that aims to educate the public about conduct and programs related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)...more

Eleventh Circuit Sets High Bar for Politically and Racially Disparaging Comments to Support Harassment Claim

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 10/13/2023

As the U.S. becomes more politically divided, employers increasingly are forced to deal with political and social disputes among employees. Last week in Yelling v. St. Vincent’s Health System, the Eleventh Circuit Court of...more

Russia’s War in Ukraine No Excuse for National Origin Discrimination

Quarles & Brady LLP on 4/5/2022

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to develop, U.S. employers may face challenges in navigating how to respond when employees make inappropriate statements related to the international conflict. Political acrimony in...more

MPW Industrial Services to Pay $170,000 To Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/26/2018

Two Employees Racially Harassed at Work, Federal Agency Charged - LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- MPW Industrial Services, Inc., a Hebron, Ohio industrial cleaning company, will pay $170,0000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit...more

EEOC Sues Prewitt Enterprises and Desoto Marine for Race Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/5/2018

Mississippi Construction and Salvage Companies' Managers and Supervisors Continuously Subjected Black Employees to Racially Hostile Work Environment, Federal Agency Charges - MEMPHIS - Prewitt Enterprises, Inc., doing...more

Big 5 To Pay $165,000 To Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/19/2018

Sporting Goods Retailer Subjected Management Trainee to Racial Slurs and Death Threats, Federal Agency Charged - SEATTLE - Sporting goods retailer Big 5 Corporation will pay $165,000 and provide other relief to settle a...more

EEOC Sues Metairie Dry Cleaner for Discrimination and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/10/2018

Marion's Cleaners Fired Hispanic Employee for Opposing Verbal and Physical Abuse Based on Her Race and National Origin, Agency Says - NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans-based Mariam Enterprises, doing business as Marion's Cleaners...more

Koch Foods Settles EEOC Harassment, National Origin And Race Bias Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/2/2018

Poultry Supplier Pays $3.75 Million to Class of Hispanic Workers - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Koch Foods, one of the largest poultry suppliers in the world, will pay $3,750,000 and furnish other relief to settle a class...more

EEOC Sues Maritime Autowash for Race And national Origin Discrimination and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/29/2017

Car Wash Subjected Hispanic Workers to 'Separate and Unequal' Wages and Working Conditions, Federal Agency Charges - BALTIMORE - Maritime Autowash, Inc. violated federal law when it subjected a class of workers to a...more

New Jersey Supreme Court “Plants the Seeds” for Increase in “Garden Variety” Emotional Distress Jury Awards

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/12/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey employers were dealt an “emotional” blow when the New Jersey Supreme Court, in Cuevas v. Wentworth Group, affirmed a trial court’s denial of an employer’s request for remittitur of the...more

Loi Travail : Obligation de prévention des agissements sexistes

Proskauer Rose LLP on 10/7/2016

Since August 10, 2016, an obligation of prevention of sexist behavior in the business is charged to employers. The actions related to the sex of a person and having the purpose or effect of violating their dignity or...more

Rampant Sexual Misconduct in Indiana Prison Shows Pitfalls for Employers

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/23/2014

Believe it or not, this is not a scene from the new season of Orange is the New Black. It’s actually the opening lines from Orton-Bell v. Indiana, No. 13-1235 (7th Cir. July 21, 2014), an opinion authored by Judge Manion, and...more

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