Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Job Applicants

New York Expands Anti-Discrimination Laws for Nonresident Job Seekers

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 4/5/2024

On March 14, 2024, the New York Court of Appeals held that nonresident prospective employees who seek employment opportunities in New York State or New York City and are denied due to discriminatory conduct are eligible to...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

Seventh Circuit Blazes Truck Driver’s Failure to Hire Claims

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/18/2017

Synopsis: The Seventh Circuit affirmed a summary judgment decision in favor of the employer on the plaintiff’s race discrimination and civil conspiracy claims where the employer did not hire the plaintiff after the plaintiff...more

D.C. Court Certifies Three Classes In Race Discrimination Class Action Involving Criminal Background Policy

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/11/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: In a class action alleging that the criminal background policy of Washington D.C.’s local transit authority had a disparate impact on African-Americans, a federal district court recently certified three...more

Eleventh Circuit Declines EEOC’s Invitation To Expand Race To Include Personal Expression Or Cultural Characteristics

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/20/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: After a black woman’s employment offer was rescinded because she refused to cut off her dreadlocks in violation of a company grooming policy, the EEOC sued under Title VII for discrimination on the basis...more

School of Hard (Dread) Locks: EEOC Loses Appeal Over Hairstyle Ban

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/20/2016

Last week the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a case the EEOC filed over a job applicant’s short dreadlocks. In 2010, Chastity Jones, an African American, applied for a position with...more

DOL Files Discrimination Suit Against Baltimore-Based Federal Contractor

Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 7/10/2015

The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has filed a lawsuit before the Office of Administrative Law Judges against WMS Solutions LLC (“WMS”) alleging violations of...more

A Hiring Supervisor’s Subjective Judgment That the Selected Employee Would “Fit in Better” Could Create an Inference of...

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 9/29/2014

A recent Second Circuit case highlights the potential perils of basing employment decisions upon subjective judgments which are susceptible to multiple interpretations. In Abrams v. Department of Public Safety, the court...more

Wanted: Applicants With A Criminal History And An Unprofessional Hairstyle

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/27/2013

A combination of recent enforcement efforts by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and state-level legislators has employers scratching their heads about what they can and cannot consider when making hiring...more

EEOC Sues Insurance Company Over Hair Policy

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 10/11/2013

An Alabama insurance company is being sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for allegedly discriminating against black job applicants. The EEOC alleges that the insurance company's grooming policy...more

Mobile Catastrophic Insurance Claims Company Sued by EEOC for Race Discrimination over Hair Policy

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/2/2013

Catastrophe Management Solutions' Policy Prohibiting Dreadlocks Violates Federal Race Bias Law, Federal Agency Charges - MOBILE, Ala. - Catastrophe Management Solutions, a Mobile catastrophic insurance claims...more

What Do an Application Process and a Suit Claiming Discrimination Have in Common?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/21/2013

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a lower court’s summary judgment decision, finding that an applicant who refused to complete an application without some guarantee that a particular individual would not...more

Criminal Background Check Policies under Fire from the EEOC

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/26/2013

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) continues to crack down on allegedly discriminatory employer policies and practices involving criminal background checks....more

“Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics”

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 7/11/2013

This phrase, popularized by Mark Twain -- who attributed it to a British Prime Minister -- can be used to describe both the positive and negative power of numbers to illustrate a point. Recently, it gained new meaning in the...more

Employment Law -- Jul 03, 2013

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/5/2013

Excerpt from Supreme Court Sides With Employers in Title VII Suits - Capping off a term of big decisions with employer-friendly results, the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on two major employment issues in a pair of...more

J.B. Hunt Agrees to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Case Regarding Criminal Conviction Records

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/2/2013

Transportation Company Agrees to Maintain Revised Policy Consistent With Recent EEOC Policy Guidelines; Some 14,000 Employees Affected Nationwide - LOS ANGELES - J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc., one of the largest...more

Criminal Background Checks: EEOC Enforcement and Ban-the-Box Update

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 6/28/2013

The EEOC last year took a new step toward attempting to limit criminal background checks by employers. Recently the EEOC filed two well-publicized lawsuits alleging race discrimination against two different employers for...more

EEOC Takes Aim at First Targets since Locking Down Employers’ Use of Arrest/Conviction Information

K&L Gates LLP on 6/26/2013

On June 11, 2013, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed its first two lawsuits asserting that an employer’s use of felony conviction records to disqualify employees and applicants runs afoul of Title VII because...more

Employment Law Update: Background Becomes Battleground

Maynard Nexsen on 6/18/2013

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) recently filed federal lawsuits against Dollar General and a BMW manufacturing plant in South Carolina based on the EEOC’s revised guidance concerning use of...more

The EEOC Aggressively Pursues Criminal Background Check Policies

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 6/14/2013

On June 11, 2013, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) filed two separate lawsuits against Dollar General and BMW Manufacturing Co. LLC, accusing each company of discriminating against Black job applicants...more

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