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 [...]
Gallup Poll Finds that “Coaching Habit” is Managers’ Greatest Weakness and Biggest Driver of Employee Engagement
According to a Gallup report published on May 28, 2024 – “The Strengths, Weaknesses and Blind Spots of Managers” – $8.8 [...]
EEOC Brings Harassment Guidance Into the 21st Century
The last time that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued an enforcement guidance on harassment in the workplace Bill [...]
School District Settles Age Discrimination Claims Even Though It Was Following CBA
A school district in Illinois will pay more than $200k to settle age discrimination claims based on a discriminatory collective bargaining [...]