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Anti-Retaliation Provisions

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New DEI Guidance Ties Federal Funding to Compliance and Provides Roadmap for Employers: Your 6 Biggest Takeaways

Fisher Phillips on 8/5/2025

Federal officials just issued another warning that employers may be at risk of losing federal funding – including grant funding – if their DEI or similar programs violate anti-discrimination laws. Recent guidance from the...more

EEOC Cracks Down on Harassment of Transgender Employees

Bricker Graydon LLP on 11/8/2024

On October 25, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (”EEOC”) issued a press release stating it was suing a Michigan restaurant for discrimination. The EEOC alleged Culver’s violated federal law when firing a...more

Aruba Airlines to Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/1/2023

Company Terminated Financial Analyst Due to Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged - MIAMI – Arubaanse Luchtvaart Maatschhappij Nv, Inc., doing business as Aruba Airlines, will pay $75,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination...more

American Freight Furniture and Mattress to Pay $5 Million to Settle Nationwide EEOC Sex Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/3/2022

National Retailer Refused to Hire Women in Sales or Warehouse Jobs, Federal Agency Charged - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – American Freight Management Company, LLC, which does business as American Freight Furniture and Mattress, will...more

Route 22 Sports Bar / Crazy Mexican Restaurant & Grill to Pay $217,500 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment / Retaliation Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/22/2021

Restaurants Subjected Female Employees to Sexual Harassment and Fired Bartender When She Complained, Federal Agency Charged - WHEELING, W.V. – Route 22 Sports Bar, Inc. and Crazy Mexican Restaurant & Grill, LLC, two...more

June 2020: The Top 21 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 8/3/2020

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Aloha Auto Group to Pay $30,000 To Settle EEOC Retaliation Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 1/11/2018

Employee Fired for Advising Other Employees to File Hostile Work Environment Complaints, Federal Agency Says - HONOLULU, Hawaii - Aloha Auto Group, Ltd. will pay $30,000 and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit for...more

Employment Law Authority - May/June 2017

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/6/2017

THE EVOLVING DEFINITION OF SEX(UAL ORIENTATION) UNDER TITLE VII - On April 4, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its highly anticipated decision in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, making...more

Background Screening Company Adopts Revised Procedures in Cooperation with EEOC

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/1/2014

DALLAS -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and The Cole Group have reached an agreement reflecting the job applicant screening company's implementation of revised policies and practices to ensure that...more

Firing of Employee After His Angry Outburst During Mediation Did Not Constitute Retaliation

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/12/2013

While the anti-retaliation provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not prohibit all employer action after an employee has filed a discrimination charge or lawsuit, it precludes employers from taking an...more

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