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August 25, 2026
The New York Times Company has sued the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming the anti-discrimination watchdog flouted federal law by failing to respond to requests for records of communications with conservative legal groups and agency efforts to investigate claims of bias against white workers.
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August 25, 2026
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined a state judge should be removed from office for filing a retaliatory defamation suit against an eye-care worker who had lodged an ethics complaint over the judge refusing to wear a mask in an office in 2021.
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August 25, 2026
A central California school district will pay $92,000 to resolve allegations that it fired an employee because of their age and a disability-related request for restrictions on lifting objects, the state's Civil Rights Department announced.
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August 25, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Texas federal court Tuesday that American Airlines agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a suit alleging it left a blind customer service worker on unpaid leave for years rather than letting her use screen reader software.
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August 24, 2026
An Eleventh Circuit panel has revived a Title IX claim against an Atlanta-area charter school, saying it ignored allegations of harassment against a middle school science teacher who later assaulted and was accused of harassing female students.
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August 24, 2026
Cannabis giant Jushi has settled an age discrimination lawsuit with a former plant controller who alleged she was fired and replaced by a younger worker she trained, with a Pennsylvania federal judge dismissing the case.
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August 24, 2026
A Michigan federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss a Washtenaw County assistant prosecutor's lawsuit accusing the elected prosecutor and his office of retaliating against him after he filed a grievance, finding he plausibly alleged First Amendment, whistleblower and race discrimination claims.
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August 24, 2026
A former professor at The College of New Jersey told a Garden State jury on Monday that the college's finance department was run like an old boys club and that her contract was not renewed because she's a woman.
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August 24, 2026
A part owner of a sports drink company spread false accusations that its female CEO used sex to get business opportunities, according to a new discrimination suit the former executive filed Monday in New York federal court.
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August 24, 2026
The U.S. Department of Agriculture urged a California federal court to toss a suit by federal workers and their labor union accusing the agency's secretary of sending "proselytizing" religious emails to employees, arguing the messages align with the "history and tradition" of public officials making references to religion.
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August 24, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security can't escape a lawsuit alleging it unlawfully nixed an applicant's job offer because her religious practice includes consuming the psychoactive tea ayahuasca, a Florida federal judge ruled Friday, rejecting the agency's assertion that the court can't review its hiring decisions on national security grounds.
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August 24, 2026
A former Disney child actress has sued the entertainment giant in California state court, alleging that nobody protected her while an adult employee twice her age plied her with alcohol and raped her during the filming of a Disney Channel Original Movie, "The Poof Point," when she was 14.
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August 24, 2026
A Texas federal judge stopped Southwest Airlines Co. from snooping through an employee's social media posts about religion or abortion after the employee won a religious bias suit, issuing a court order blocking the airline from using future posts for disciplinary action.
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August 24, 2026
The Seventh Circuit affirmed on Monday the dismissal of a Black worker's race and age bias suit claiming a drug manufacturer refused to promote him and picked a younger white candidate for a managerial role, ruling he hadn't shown bias infected the company's decision.
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August 24, 2026
A New Jersey personal injury firm says it should not be held responsible and sanctioned for the termination of arbitration proceedings for former employees, telling a state court that the American Arbitration Association had seemingly lost its check for a $6,550 payment.
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August 24, 2026
The Washington Post was ordered to rehire an opinion columnist it fired for social media posts she made in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, the columnist's union said Monday, after an arbitrator faulted the newspaper's "rushed" decision to let her go.
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August 24, 2026
A Tennessee federal judge closed a suit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urging a packaging manufacturer to respond to an agency subpoena stemming from a sexual harassment charge.
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August 21, 2026
The Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that a jury must decide workers' religious-discrimination claims against the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, finding the lower court erred in concluding the agency accommodated the workers' religious-exemption requests from a COVID-19 vaccine mandate by offering them limited reassignment options.
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August 21, 2026
The Ninth Circuit's recent decision that a 2022 law barring mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment allegations shielded a former executive’s lawsuit may help workers keep a broader range of claims in court, but questions linger about the appellate ruling’s rationale. Here are three things to know about the divided opinion.
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August 21, 2026
A former user experience designer for GoDaddy claims the web services company falsely promised her a "principal" title when hiring her, then punished and ultimately ousted her for complaining when two men with less experience were given the high-ranking status, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in Washington federal court.
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August 21, 2026
The Trump administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit decision requiring the federal government to reinstate research grants that were terminated due to presidential orders against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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August 21, 2026
An open source software developer fired an engineer after he raised concerns about disability discrimination in the workplace, was denied accommodations for his attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and had his symptoms labeled as performance problems, according to a case removed to North Carolina federal court Thursday.
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August 21, 2026
A coalition of restaurant, retail and hotel industry groups has urged a New Jersey federal court to strike down a state law requiring businesses to pay a fine when their employees are enrolled in the state Medicaid program, arguing the statute conflicts with federal benefits law.
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August 21, 2026
RTX Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney aircraft unit prevailed a second time Friday against a female candidate's claim that she wasn't hired because of her gender, with a Connecticut appeals court affirming gender wasn't a motivating factor and that some of the woman's arguments rested on hearsay.
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August 21, 2026
The Fourth Circuit ruled Friday that a $22 million jury verdict in favor of a former Wells Fargo employee who said he was terminated for seeking remote work was almost $2.9 million too high, telling the ex-worker to choose between a reduced award or a new trial.