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Erie Construction to Pay $99,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination and Retaliation Suit

Home Construction Company Settles Claims That It Fired Sales Representative Because of Her Sex and Opposition to a Sexually Hostile Work Environment - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Erie Construction Mid-West, LLC, a construction...more

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Sandia Transportation Reaches $97,500 Settlement with EEOC in Harassment Case

Settlement Resolves Federal Lawsuit Alleging Owner Discriminated Against Female and Lesbian Employees - ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Sandia Transportation, L.L.C. has agreed to pay $97,500 to settle an employment discrimination...more

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Department of Education Proposes New Regulations Under Title IX

The Department of Education has proposed new regulations overhauling Trump-era rules governing how schools must respond to sex-based discrimination. The proposed rules expand the definitions of sex discrimination,...more

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Department of Education Proposes Major Overhaul of Title IX Rules and Regulations

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On June 23, 2022—exactly fifty years after Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 became the law of the land—the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released its latest and much anticipated Title IX Notice of Proposed...more

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Religious Institutions Update: October 2021

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Morals Clause Ruled Not Within Title VII Religious Exemptions Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it unlawful "to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any...more

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Vocal Coach’s Concerns of Disparate Treatment Insufficient to Undo her Dismissal

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Warmington v. Board of Regents of the Univ. of Minnesota U.S. Dist. Ct., D. Minn. (April 21, 2020) - PROCEDURAL HISTORY:  Warmington, a highly accomplished and nationally recognized track and field coach, resigned in...more

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Moore & Morford to Pay $80,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Harassment and Retaliation Suit

Female Welder Subjected to Harassment and Discharged After She Complained, Contacted the EEOC, Federal Agency Charged - Pittsburgh – Moore & Morford, Inc., a steel-fabrication company in South Greensburg, Pa., will pay...more

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Rumors, Innuendo Lead Wyoming Highway Patrol to Face Sexual Harassment Trial

Most people know overtly sexual comments are likely to violate their employer’s rules and could lead to sexual harassment claims. But many don’t understand the comments are a problem not just because they’re sexual. That’s...more

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The Employment Law Reporter

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Federal Court Rejects New York City Police Officer’s Employment Discrimination Action The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has granted summary judgment to the defendants in an employment...more

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Wedding Venue Sued by EEOC Over Sexual Harassment of Female Kitchen Staff

Chef Fired Female Cook for Denying Him Sex, Federal Agency Charges - NEW YORK – The head chef at Liberty Warehouse, a popular Brooklyn, N.Y., wedding venue, subjected female kitchen staff to sex discrimination, sexual...more

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EEOC Sues Tegra Medical for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Medical Device Manufacturer Permitted Ongoing Sexual Harassment of Female Employee and Retaliated Against Her When She Complained, Federal Agency Charges - BOSTON – Tegra Medical LLC violated federal law by subjecting a...more

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EEOC Releases 2019 Enforcement Data: Retaliation Charges Lead The Way

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The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has released its annual enforcement and litigation statistics for fiscal year 2019. For fiscal year 2019, retaliation, disability discrimination, race discrimination, and sex...more

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Jackson National Life Insurance to Pay $20.5 Million to Settle EEOC Lawsuit

Jackson Tolerated Harassment, Discriminated Against Female and African American Employees in Promotions and Pay, and Retaliated Against Employees Who Complained, Federal Agency Charged - DENVER, Colo. - Jackson National...more

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Religious Institutions Update: December 2019 - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

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Key Cases - School States Claim Against State Superintendent for Unconstitutional Discrimination In Bethel Ministries, Inc. v. Salmon, No. SAG-19-01853, 2019 WL 6034988 (D. Md. Nov. 14, 2019), the court denied Maryland...more

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Employers, In Case You Were Wondering: Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Do Not Pay Off

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Just ask Riot Games, which recently agreed to pay $10,000,000 to settle a class action lawsuit for alleged violations of the California Equal Pay Act, and gender discrimination, retaliation, and harassment. The settlement...more

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The Sixth Circuit Reaffirms the “Less Burdensome” Standard for Adverse Actions in Retaliation Claims and Upholds Punitive Damages...

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In a decision designated for publication, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an order reaffirming the “less burdensome” standard for “material adverse actions” in retaliation claims and upheld...more

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Second Circuit Rules Against Plaintiff in AutoZone Case and Allows Nixing of her Deposition

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In affirming summary judgment in favor of AutoZone, the Second Circuit rules that a sales associate did not provide enough evidence to satisfy her burden of proof for sex discrimination, retaliation and...more

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Court Confirms Employer Can Be Liable For Harassment By Non-Employee

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Faced with a question not yet addressed by the Third Circuit, a federal judge in Pennsylvania found an employer, as well as individual managers, may be held liable for an employee’s claim of a hostile work environment based...more

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Atlantic Capes Fisheries & BJ’s Service Co. Pagará $675,000 Para Resolver Demanda Por Acoso Sexual Y Represalias Por La EEOC

BOSTON - Atlantic Capes Fisheries, Inc. (ACF), una cosechadora y procesadora de mariscos con sede en Nueva Jersey, y BJ's Service Co., Inc., una agencia de personal ubicada en New Bedford, Mass., pagará $675,000 y...more

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Atlantic Capes Fisheries & BJ’s Service Co. to Pay $675,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

BOSTON - Atlantic Capes Fisheries, Inc. (ACF), a New Jersey-based shellfish harvester and processor, and BJ's Service Co., Inc., a staffing agency located in New Bedford, Mass., will pay $675,000 and furnish other relief to...more

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EEOC Sues Porous Materials for Sexual, Racial, And Anti-Immigrant Harassment and Retaliation

Owner and Plant Manager Bullied Employees, Then Fired Employee Who Complained, Federal Agency Charges - NEW YORK - Porous Materials, Inc. (PMI), an Ithaca, N.Y.-based operator and manufacturer of testing equipment for...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Winning Harassment Claims in the #MeToo Era

In this #MeToo era, employers are, understandably, a little sensitive when someone raises a claim of harassment. Even with the heightened sense of peril, companies should remember that if they are doing the right thing—having...more

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Candid Litho Settles EEOC Sex Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit for Over $240,000

Female Employee Subjected to Sex Discrimination and Retaliatory Discharge, Federal Agency Charged - LAS VEGAS - Candid Litho Printing, LTD, doing business as Candid Worldwide, a printing and graphic arts company with...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

In Florida One-Event Sexual Advance at a Non-Work Sponsored Party Can Support Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Claims

Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal recently decided two questions of first impression under Florida law: (1) whether a one-event sexual advance at a private, non-work sponsored party may support sexual harassment and...more

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Fourth Circuit Raises Bar for Dismissal of Sexual Harassment Claims

Through the 2000s, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes North Carolina and South Carolina) had the reputation as one of the most employer-friendly U.S. appellate courts. As new judges took to the bench over the...more

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