News & Analysis as of

Race Discrimination Job Promotions

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Missouri sues IBM over alleged diversity quotas

State Attorney General follows through on threat. Last summer, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v....more

Rivkin Radler LLP

The Employment Law Reporter - January 2023

Rivkin Radler LLP on

Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter: •The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed claims under Title I, Title II, and Title III of the Americans with...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: September 2020 #4

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Racial Discrimination/Sexual Harassment Case Was Properly Dismissed On Summary Judgment

Ducksworth v. Tri-Modal Distrib. Servs., 47 Cal. App. 5th 532 (2020) - Bonnie Ducksworth and Pamela Pollock are customer service representatives at Tri-Modal Distribution Services who alleged a failure to promote based...more

Epstein Becker & Green

California Court of Appeals Finds Uninvolved Joint Employers Are Innocent Bystanders, Cannot Be Held Liable for Harassment and...

Epstein Becker & Green on

On April 7, 2020, the California Court of Appeals (the “Court”) upheld summary judgment for two professional employer organizations (referred to in the decision as a “staffing agencies”) accused of harassment and...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Fourth Circuit Rejects Discrimination Claims Made by Accused Harasser

It’s not unusual to see an employee terminated or disciplined for workplace harassment to in turn file a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging that the employer’s reasons for the move were pretext...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Court Confirms Louisiana Anti-Discrimination Statute, Not Tort Law, Provides the Exclusive Basis for Employment Discrimination...

Plaintiffs have attempted a number of creative avenues to avoid the procedural and substantive limitations set forth under the Louisiana Employment Discrimination Law (LEDL), which provides a statutory scheme to address...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

EEOC Sues Fanatics Retail Group for Race Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation

Sports Merchandise Retailer Permitted Racist Slurs and Refused to Promote an Employee Who Complained - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Fanatics Retail Group, Inc. violated federal law by subjecting employees to racial...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Car Wash Headquarters to Pay $225,000 to Settle EEOC Class Race Discrimination Lawsuit

Company Failed to Promote African-American Employees to Management, Federal Agency Charged - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Car Wash Headquarters, doing business as Mister Car Wash and Mister Hotshine has agreed to pay $225,000 in...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

EEOC Sues Birmingham Beverage For Race Discrimination

Beverage Wholesaler and Distributor Refused to Promote Black Employees to Route Sales Positions, Federal Agency Charges - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Birmingham Beverage Co. Inc., dba AlaBev, a Delaware corporation headquartered in...more

Baker Donelson

Employers Take Note: Seventh Circuit Widens Scope of EEOC's Right to Investigate

Baker Donelson on

Earlier this month, in EEOC v. Union Pacific Railroad, No. 15-3452, F.3d (7th Cir. Aug. 15, 2017), the Seventh Circuit issued a decision regarding the scope of the EEOC's right to investigate. It determined that neither the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Massachusetts Federal Court Doubles Down On Disparate Impact Ruling Against City Of Boston

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: In Smith v. City of Boston, Plaintiffs brought suit against their employer, the City of Boston (the “City”), challenging the City’s police promotional exam from sergeant to lieutenant. Plaintiffs alleged...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Spell Out Interview Results

An employer in Mississippi will face trial on a claim of race discrimination because it has not explained the interview scores two candidates received. In Calvin v. MS Dept. Rehab. Servs., Civil No. 3:15-CV-827-HTW-LRA (S.D....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Employment Law - June 2016 #2

California Considers Extending Fair Pay Act to Race, Ethnicity - Why it matters - Reflecting the nationwide trend of pay equity, a new bill under consideration by California legislators would extend the state's Fair...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Dollar General Pays $32,500 to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Suit

Employee Denied Promotion Because of Race, Federal Agency Charged - JACKSON, Miss. - Dollar General Corporation will pay $32,500 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal...more

Carlton Fields

Single Plant Employment Discrimination Class Survives Dukes Challenge

Carlton Fields on

A divided panel of the Fourth Circuit ruled that a South Carolina district court judge improperly applied Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes in decertifying disparate treatment and disparate impact claims challenging promotion...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Fourth Circuit Orders Class Certification for African-American Steelworkers—Again

For the second time, the Fourth Circuit has determined that African-American employees at a South Carolina steel plant are entitled to Rule 23 class certification. In Brown v. Nucor Corporation and Nucor Steel-Berkeley,...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

History + Pretext = Trial

A history of workplace racial imbalance might undermine your legitimate non-discriminatory reason for a promotion decision. In Ahmed v. Johnson, No. 13-1054 (1st Cir. May 21, 2014), the plaintiff argued he was passed over for...more

18 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide