Hostile Environment, Race Discrimination, Hiring & Firing

J.A. Croson Pays $1.6 Million to Settle EEOC Racial Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/28/2024

Plumbing Contractor Will Compensate Black and Hispanic Plumbers Subjected to Racially Hostile Work Environment and Retaliation - TAMPA, Fla. – J.A. Croson, a Sorrento, Florida-based plumbing and HVAC contractor, agreed to...more

Littler Lightbulb: July Appellate Roundup

Littler on 8/5/2024

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments in federal courts of appeal in the last month....more

Staffing Agency Employee Considered a School District Employee for Title VII Claim

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 3/14/2024

In 2022, Khalil Larkin worked for a staffing agency, U.S. Medical, which contracted with Upper Darby School District to provide temporary staffing to the school district. U.S. Medical placed Larkin at Beverly Hills Middle...more

Affordable Home Furnishings to Pay $105,000 to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/12/2024

Federal Agency Charges That Furniture Retailer Subjected African American Manager to a Hostile Work Environment and Fired Him When He Complained - NEW ORLEANS – Affordable Rent-to-Own, LLC, doing business as Affordable...more

Elevation Labs Sued by EEOC for Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/7/2023

Employee, Vocal About Race Discrimination, Was Denied Promotion, Threatened With Termination and Forced to Resign, Federal Agency Charges - IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Elevation Labs, LLC, formerly known as Northwest Cosmetics...more

Casse Community Health Institute Sued by EEOC for Race Harassment and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 6/19/2023

Health Care Provider Fired Black Employee Who Spoke Out Against Race Harassment in the Wake of Racial Justice Protests, Federal Agency Charges - SHREVEPORT, La. – The Council for the Advancement of Social Services and...more

Whiting-Turner to Pay $1.2 Million to Settle EEOC Racial Harassment and Retaliation Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/5/2023

Construction Company Subjected Black Workers to a Racially Hostile Work Environment, Then Fired Them After They Complained, Federal Agency Charged - NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, a...more

EEOC Sues PRC Industries for Racial Harassment and Retaliatory Termination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/29/2023

Black Workers Faced Racial Slurs and Retaliation, Federal Agency Charges - RENO, Nev. – E-commerce remanufacturer PRC Industries (PRC) violated federal law by tolerating racial harassment of two Black workers and firing...more

EEOC Sues Subway Franchises for Unlawful Employment Practices on the Basis of Race and Color

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/20/2023

Sandwich Franchise Discriminated Against Black Employees and Subjected Them to a Hostile Work Environment, Federal Agency Charges - RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina-based Subway franchises Bilal & Aaya Subway, Inc., H & F...more

EEOC Sues Lakeside Plastics for Racial Harassment and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/30/2022

Black Employee Subjected To Hostile Work Environment By Coworker and Fired, Federal Agency Claims - MILWAUKEE – Lakeside Plastics, a manufacturing company that produces traffic safety products, screen printing inks, and...more

EEOC Sues Schuff Steel Company for Race and National Origin Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/29/2022

Company Harassed and Retaliated Against African American and Hispanic Employees, Federal Agency Charges - PHOENIX -- Schuff Steel Company, a steel fabrication and erection company, violated federal law by harassing African...more

Giertsen to Pay $140,000 to Settle EEOC Race Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 6/2/2022

Construction and Renovation Company Subjected Black Employees to Racial Slurs and Employee Was Fired After Complaining About the Harassment, Federal Agency Charged - MILWAUKEE – A Waukesha, Wisconsin construction and...more

EEOC Sues Don’s Specialty Meats, Inc. for Race Harassment

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 11/4/2021

Food Preparer and Retailer Subjected African American Worker to Hostile Work Environment, Federal Agency Says - NEW ORLEANS – Don’s Specialty Meats, Inc, a food preparer and retailer in Scott and Carencro, La., violated...more

American Piping Inspection Sued by EEOC for Racial Harassment and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/7/2021

Inspection Services Company Subjected Black Employee to a Racially Hostile Work Environment, Then Fired Him for Complaining, Federal Agency Says - HOUSTON – American Piping Inspection, Inc. (API), an Oklahoma-based oil and...more

EEOC Sues Christopher’s Dodge Ram for Sexual and Racial Harassment, Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/4/2021

Golden Dealership Subjected Female, Male, Black and Latinx Employees to Maltreatment, Including Physical Abuse, Federal Agency Charges - DENVER -- Chris the Crazy Trader, Inc., doing business as Christopher’s Dodge Ram in...more

EEOC Sues Whiting-Turner Contracting for Racial Harassment and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/4/2021

Construction Company Subjected Blacks to Hostile Work Conditions, Then Fired Them After They Complained, Federal Agency Charges - NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company violated federal civil rights...more

EEOC Sues Suisan Company, Ltd for Racial Harassment and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/27/2021

Food Distributor Condoned Racial Harassment and Retaliated Against African American Employee for Complaining, Federal Agency Charges - HONOLULU – Suisan Company, Limited (Suisan), a food distributor on the Big Island of...more

EEOC Sues T.M.F Mooresville for Racial Harassment and Constructive Discharge at Hampton Inn

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/26/2021

Employer Allowed Black Housekeeper to Racially Harass White Coworkers, Federal Agency Charges - MOORESVILLE, N.C. – T.M.F. Mooresville, LLC, operating as Hampton Inn & Suites in Mooresville, North Carolina, subjected white...more

Is One Enough? Employee Asks U.S. Supreme Court If Single Utterance Of Racial Slur Creates Hostile Work Environment

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/4/2021

Is a single utterance of an offensive racial slur – specifically the “N-word” – enough to create a hostile work environment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? A Black operating room aide in Dallas, Texas,...more

NLRB Rules That Employers Need Not Tolerate Sexist, Racist, Or Abusive Conduct By Employees Engaged In Otherwise Protected...

Fisher Phillips on 7/24/2020

In a critical reversal of Board precedent, the NLRB just unanimously held that employees engaging in abusive conduct in the course of protected concerted activities are not automatically shielded from discipline under the...more

Seventh Circuit Says One Use of "N-Word" Insufficient for Racial Harassment Claim

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 9/6/2019

In recent years, a number of federal appellant courts, including the Fourth Circuit, have issued opinions finding that a single use of a racial slur can be enough to constitute a hostile and offensive working environment...more

Once Is Enough: Tennessee Federal Court Rules Single Use of ‘N-Word’ By Co-Worker Sufficient to Get Hostile Work Environment Claim...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/5/2019

Usually, once is not enough, at least in the hostile work environment context. Unless, as the court found in Ronnie L. Outlaw v. SBH Services, Inc., it is. Typically, a single incident of harassment – especially by a...more

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