The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday unveiled a final rule designed to beef up protections against discrimination in healthcare, in particular protecting access to healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community as well as for other vulnerable populations.
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent watershed decision easing the requirements for bringing a Title VII case may also soften a legal obstacle some courts have put in front of workers bringing Americans with Disabilities Act cases, some experts said.
New York recently became the first state in the U.S. to require employers to offer paid sick time for pregnant workers to go to the doctor, and experts said that while it shouldn't be a big adjustment for employers, getting the word out about the new requirement is crucial.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday unveiled a final rule designed to beef up protections against discrimination in healthcare, in particular protecting access to healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community as well as for other vulnerable populations.
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent watershed decision easing the requirements for bringing a Title VII case may also soften a legal obstacle some courts have put in front of workers bringing Americans with Disabilities Act cases, some experts said.
New York recently became the first state in the U.S. to require employers to offer paid sick time for pregnant workers to go to the doctor, and experts said that while it shouldn't be a big adjustment for employers, getting the word out about the new requirement is crucial.
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April 26, 2024
Ye, his companies and Donda Academy were hit with another discrimination suit in California state court Friday by a former employee who says the rapper treated Black employees far worse than white employees, and terminated him last year when he refused to give into Ye's demands to shave his dreadlocks.
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April 26, 2024
A judge for a Michigan state appeals court has called on the state's high court to put a stop to terms in employment contracts that give workers less time to file civil rights lawsuits, saying such terms allow employers to get away with discriminatory practices.
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April 26, 2024
An Illinois state court judge has thrown out a proposed class action accusing Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp. of violating the state's decades-old genetic information privacy law, saying Wednesday the lead plaintiff not only released the hospital system from liability, but was largely asked about her own medical status after she was already offered a job.
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April 26, 2024
A Georgia-based security provider agreed to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it transferred an employee to a lower-paying position because she complained about a colleague's sexual harassment, according to a federal court filing Friday.
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April 26, 2024
A Washington federal judge threw out a proposed class action a job applicant brought against a staffing agency under the Evergreen State's 2023 law requiring certain employers to disclose a salary range in job postings, saying a plaintiff has to actually want the job they are suing over.
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April 26, 2024
Two trucking companies have agreed to pay $460,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging two gay mechanics were fired for complaining that co-workers were making derogatory comments about their sexual orientation, according to a Friday filing in Ohio federal court.
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April 26, 2024
Former and current Southwest flight attendants have asked a California federal judge for class status in their suit claiming the airline punished workers who took family or medical leave by blocking them from improving their disciplinary records, arguing that their allegations are best resolved collectively.
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April 26, 2024
A classic car dealership executive made inappropriate sexual comments to an office manager and repeatedly insisted she send him nude photos, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told an Indiana federal court Friday.
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April 26, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for a potential ruling on whether to dismiss Wells Fargo & Co. from a proposed wage and hour class and collective action. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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April 26, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission's recently finalized rule imposing a near-total ban on companies making workers sign noncompete agreements marks a seismic change in the legal landscape that will spur new trends in litigation and ease the path for workers to leave jobs they don't like, experts say. Here are three ways the new rule will affect the employment law arena.
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April 26, 2024
This week, the Second Circuit will hear a former TD Bank manager's attempt to revive his suit claiming he was fired from his branch because he requested parental leave and because of his gender. Here, Law360 explores this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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April 26, 2024
A parking lot company has agreed to pay a class of almost 300 job seekers $1.4 million to shutter a suit claiming it shirked a Washington pay transparency law requiring that all job postings include salary and benefit information, according to state court filings.
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April 25, 2024
New York Knicks owner James Dolan asked a California federal judge to nix a massage therapist's claims alleging he helped disgraced media mogul Harvey Weinstein sexually assault her at a hotel in 2014, arguing the therapist doesn't plausibly allege Dolan knew she would be assaulted or that he encouraged it.
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April 25, 2024
A former diversity staffer at Atlanta's Morehouse School of Medicine alleged an array of workplace violations in a new lawsuit, claiming he was denied overtime pay for after-hours work and fired when he complained about harassment stemming from sexual entanglement among the school's executives.
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April 25, 2024
An Illinois federal judge has warned a proposed class of Chicago employees that further discovery delays in their suit alleging a city wellness program intentionally discriminated against them on the basis of their genetic information could result in the court barring witnesses' testimony from the case.
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April 25, 2024
A hospitality company will pay $150,000 to resolve a lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing it of unlawfully firing an employee right after it learned she had a miscarriage, according to a filing Thursday in Maryland federal court.
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April 25, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told the Eleventh Circuit that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision bolsters an athletic trainer's bid to revive her lawsuit alleging she was transferred away from a high school because male coaches didn't want to work with a woman.
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April 25, 2024
The Second Circuit upheld the dismissal of an Equinox trainer's bias suit claiming she was fired due to her age, ruling Thursday she couldn't overcome the luxury fitness chain's position that she was sacked for threatening a younger colleague while using vulgar language.
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April 25, 2024
The former World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. legal staffer who accused founder Vince McMahon of sexually abusing and trafficking her is fighting his bid to arbitrate the explosive lawsuit, arguing that he used a recent motion to mount a "vicious" and untrue attack on her character.
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April 25, 2024
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis must face a former sales representative's lawsuit alleging her salary was over $20,000 less than a male colleague pitching the same drug, a Colorado federal judge ruled, saying it's unclear whether their responsibilities were distinct enough to explain the difference.
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April 25, 2024
A group of 17 Republican state attorneys general hit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission with a lawsuit Thursday over the agency's recently finalized Pregnant Workers Fairness Act regulations, saying the EEOC's stance that the PWFA encompasses abortion-related workplace accommodations is unconstitutional.
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April 25, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged the Third Circuit to reinstate a former manager's lawsuit accusing a glass company of firing him because he refused to fire his plant's only two Black workers, saying a jury should hear the dispute.
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April 25, 2024
A former assistant federal defender wants to make certain #MeToo evidence public following the trial in a case accusing the judiciary of botching its probe into her own sexual harassment complaint, saying the contents of similar allegations concerning the Federal Defender's Office have already been publicly revealed.
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April 25, 2024
Marshall Dennehey PC has added an employment law and trial attorney to its Mount Laurel, New Jersey, roster who came aboard from Flahive Mueller LLC.
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April 25, 2024
A former cellphone retailer owes nearly $108,000 in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging a teenage employee was sexually assaulted by an older male manager, a California federal judge said, adopting a recommendation that the company be penalized for neglecting the suit.