Failure to Investigate Sexual Harassment Complaints Cost Employer $400k
HHS Environmental, LLC (“HHS”), a company that provides janitorial and other services to hospitals throughout the country, agreed to pay $400k [...]
Bullying Boss Can Be Personally Liable
Shana Scantlin worked in a city’s public works department, supervised by Jeffrey Brenaman. She quit after about 18 months, and sued the [...]
United Airlines Settles Harassment Claims for Nearly $100k
United Airlines (“United”) recently agreed to pay $99k to settle claims that a former employee at Denver International Airport was subjected [...]
State Attorneys General Say DEI Is Alive and Well
In February, 2025, a coalition of 16 state Attorneys General issued a Multi-State Guidance Concerning Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Employment [...]
EEOC Discrimination Charges Up 9% In FY 2024
In fiscal year 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) received 88,531 charges of discrimination, up 9.2% from the previous [...]
Running Through the Intersectionality
On January 1, 2025, California became the first state to ban intersectional discrimination. What’s that? State and federal cases and the [...]
Racial Slurs, Insults, and Threats Still Occur in the Workplace, Cost Employer $125k
In October 2024, LM Wind Power, Inc., a company that makes wind turbine blades, agreed to pay $125k to settle a [...]
Supreme Court to Decide Burden of Proof for “Reverse Discrimination” Claimants
Marlean Ames is a heterosexual woman. During her first 10 years on the job, she received various promotions, moving from executive [...]
“Layoff” Was Pretext for Disability Discrimination
Pilot Air Freight, LLC, an international freight shipping and logistics company in Atlanta, has agreed to pay $400k to settle a [...]
One Racial Slur By Co-Worker Can Create Hostile Environment
One day, while at work at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, Saras Larkin told her Black co-worker, Twanda Bailey, that [...]