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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

FedEx Ground to Pay $3.3 Million to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/19/2020

Consent Decree Requires Accommodations for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Package Handlers - PHILADELPHIA – FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. will pay $3.3 million and provide programmatic relief to resolve a companywide...more

Resource Employment Solutions Pays $435,000 to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/30/2016

Company Illegally Granted Placement Preferences to Hispanic Temps over Black Temps, Federal Agency Charged - MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Resource Employment Solutions, LLC (Resource), a temporary staffing agency headquartered in...more

That is SO last week - June 2015

Zelle LLP on 6/23/2015

Last week, Uber suffered a setback in one of the many driver-initiated lawsuits it’s defending. A federal judge in California ruled that the popular ride-sharing app cannot compel arbitration of claims by drivers relating to...more

SCOTUS Jurisdiction Watch: Exhaustion of EEOC Administrative Remedies

Baker Donelson on 5/29/2015

On May 28, 2015, the United States Supreme Court is scheduled to meet and decide whether to grant or deny certiorari in Duble v. FedEx Ground Package System Inc., Supreme Court Case No. 14-1028. Petitioner, Duble, seeks...more

Employment Law - Oct 2014 #3

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/30/2014

DOL Grants Could Signal More Misclassification Actions - Why it matters: Employers have faced a tidal wave of litigation over the alleged misclassification of employees as independent contractors, with workers ranging...more

August 2014 Monthly Independent Contractor Compliance and Misclassification Update

Troutman Pepper on 9/3/2014

This month’s headline development are the seismic decisions, issued on August 27, 2014 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, concluding as a matter of law that FedEx Ground had misclassified over 2,300 drivers...more

Fenwick Employment Brief - January 07, 2011

Fenwick & West LLP on 1/7/2011

In this issue: California Employer Allowed to Pursue Defamation Action Against Protesting Employees; Payroll Company Not an Employer Under the California Labor Code or FLSA; PAGA Claims On The Rise – Suitable Seating Just...more

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