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Discrimination / Harassment

High Court to rule on how to accommodate religious needs

01/24/2023
The upcoming case, Groff v. DeJoy, was filed by U.S. Postal Service employee Gerald, who asked the post office to accommodate his Christian faith needs by not scheduling him to work on Sundays.

Settlement proves race discrimination still rampant

01/18/2023
A Black radiographer who was subject to racist remarks by his white supervisor complained to the company’s vice president, yet no corrective action was taken, and he was fired, according to an EEOC lawsuit.

Supersized harassment settlement highlights the extra care needed when employing minors

01/18/2023
How bad must sexual harassment be for an employer to settle a harassment case for $2 million? This bad.

McDonald’s franchisee to pay almost $2 million to settle sexual harassment lawsuit

01/18/2023
McDonald’s is in the news again for sexual harassment, this time to settle an EEOC suit involving a Kingman, Ariz., franchise owner operating approximately 18 McDonald’s restaurants in Nevada, Arizona and California. The company will pay $1,997,500.

Court dismisses EPA case as push for pay equity intensifies

01/18/2023
To win an EPA case, the worker must show that the opposite sex was paid more for “equal work requiring substantially similar skill, effort and responsibilities performed under similar working conditions.” That’s increasingly difficult in a work environment where numerous new jobs rely on extremely specialized skills, making it almost impossible to prove jobs are substantially similar enough to allow a comparison.

Case of the Week: Ten-hut! Follow Marine Corps’ new religious grooming rules

01/13/2023
Marines Corps basic training strives to tamp down individuality and nonconformity in favor of uniformity in dress and grooming. For decades, male recruits have had to cut their hair, shave their beards and don the Marine uniform. Now a lawsuit by Sikh recruits has forced the Marines to accept that dress and grooming standards can’t be so rigid that they discriminate on the basis of religion.

How to avoid state pay equity law traps

01/10/2023
While activists are pushing Congress to enact revisions to the Equal Pay Act, such as the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would make it easier for women and people of color to reach pay equity, some states and cities have taken the matter into their own hands.

Snapshot: Construction shines when it comes to DEI

01/10/2023
A recently commissioned report from the General Services Administration aimed at advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the architecture and construction fields shows the positive strides made by this sector and areas to improve.

GSA works to highlight and advance DEI efforts in construction industry

01/10/2023
Perhaps companies looking to focus on DEI initiatives should consider a recently commissioned report from the General Services Administration aimed at advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the architecture and construction fields. While DEIA training is becoming a norm in this sector, the report showed that more can be done in areas such as recruiting, empowering and advancing a diverse workforce.

Worker in alleged “slave ship” wants to litigate race bias suit

01/04/2023
A Black assembly line staffer at Tesla, Marcus, seeks to add more than 100 other workers to an existing lawsuit, calling the electric-car maker’s production floor in Fremont, Calif., a “hotbed for racist behavior.”