In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court described what an employee who challenges a job transfer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 must establish. The Court held that such employees must show that the transfer caused them some harm — which need not be significant — related to an identifiable term or condition of employment.
]]>DHL, a delivery company, agreed to pay $8.7 million to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC. The suit alleged that the company intentionally gave black employees more difficult work assignments and sent them on routes through dangerous areas.
]]>The restaurant chain Red Robin will pay $600,000 in total to four former employees after claims about sexual harassment by a line cook were ignored.
]]>A job staffing company is to pay $2.2 million to settle a hiring discrimination lawsuit. The EEOC claimed that BaronHR routinely engaged in practices to avoid hiring people of color and disabled individuals for certain types of jobs.
]]>A medical testing supply company will pay $50k to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC after firing a black employee because of her natural hair. The employee claims the company sent an HR worker to speak with her after she stopped wearing a straight-haired wig and began displaying her natural curls.
]]>The EEOC filed a lawsuit claiming that a hospital discriminated against a female employee by denying her a promotion and then retaliated against her by firing her after she filed a discrimination charge with the EEOC. A male who did not meet education requirements for the job that the female employee sought was hired instead of her, and the EMH CEO has allegedly stated that a male is better fit for the role.
]]>The US DOJ and over one dozen states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the company of using anticompetitive tactics. The suit claims Apple illegally used strategies to maintain a smartphone monopoly, such as embedding restrictive terms in the app store.
]]>Walgreens agreed to pay $205,000 to settle claims regarding pregnancy and disability discrimination. The EEOC filed suit, alleging the pharmacy and retailer had unlawfully denied a pregnant employee the right to take emergency medical leave, causing the employee to quit in response.
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