Discrimination, Title VII, Disparate Treatment

EEOC Argues For Broader Causation Standard And Provides A Peek Into The EEOC’s Future Focus

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/26/2021

Legal precedent, including language from the U.S. Supreme Court, requires federal courts to take a broad view of the “but-for” causation standard for determining unlawful age discrimination in the workplace, Equal Employment...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

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

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

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Seyfarth Synopsis: After a black woman’s employment offer was rescinded because she refused to cut off her dreadlocks in violation of a company grooming policy, the EEOC sued under Title VII for discrimination on the basis...more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

U.S. Supreme Court Allows Disparate-Impact Claims Under Fair Housing Act

Carlton Fields on 10/6/2015

In a recent holding, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that discrimination claims under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) may be premised on "disparate impact," meaning that a plaintiff may challenge a practice even if it was not...more

Employment Law 101: Religious Discrimination

Gray Reed on 8/20/2015

Who does it apply to: The law applies to all employers with 15 or more employees. What is the issue: Title VII was passed in the 1960s to protect against discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin....more

EEOC’s “Reverse” National Origin Discrimination Suit Survives Motion to Dismiss

Franczek P.C. on 8/13/2015

This week, a federal district court ruled that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) made sufficient factual allegations of intentional discrimination against a local farming company to survive a motion to...more

Latest EEOC Discrimination Suit Targets Employment Exam

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 8/4/2015

For years, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has taken the position that certain employment tests and screening procedures can serve to discriminate against racial and ethnic minorities in violation of...more

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