Business Is Booming for DEI Lawyers as Corporate America Asks: ‘What’s Legal?’
The furor over corporate diversity, equity and inclusion programs has turned so explosive that it's never been busier for specialists on the topic.
A U.S. anti-discrimination agency has asked a federal judge to reject Tesla Inc's bid to pause a lawsuit alleging widespread racial bias at the electric carmaker's flagship ...
EEOC Says No Need to Pause Lawsuit Against Tesla for Race Bias
Consumer Group Demands Probe After NY Times Reports on Alleged Bias at State Farm
A national consumer rights group on Thursday called on state insurance commissioners to investigate racial bias in claims handling after the New York Times reported on discrimination lawsuits filed ...
U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Clash Between Religion and LGBT Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday took up a major new legal fight pitting religious beliefs against LGBT rights, agreeing to hear an evangelical Christian web designer's free speech claim that she ...
U.S. Justice Dept. Alleges Facebook Discriminates Against U.S. Workers
The U.S. Justice Department accused Facebook Inc on Thursday of discriminating against U.S. workers, saying in a new lawsuit the social media giant has given hiring preferences to temporary workers, ...
Appeals Court Skeptical About Microsoft Women’s Claims of Unequal Pay
Women engineers who claim Microsoft Corp. discriminates against them for pay and promotions faced tough questions from a federal appeals court weighing whether their ground-breaking lawsuit should ...
Adjuster’s Comment About ‘Homeys’ Enough to Allow Discrimination Claim to Proceed
A claims adjuster's comments about "homeys" and "you people" when talking to a South Chicago property owner were enough to merit further proceedings on a discrimination claim against State Farm Fire ...
Retaliation Charges Top 2015 List of Workplace Discrimination Claims
Retaliation charges increased by nearly five percent in 2015 and continue to be the leading concern raised by workers across the country. Disability charges increased by six percent from last year ...
Calif. Tech, VC Firms Out in Front—This Time on Bias Suits in State Court
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers' decisive victory over Ellen Pao's gender bias suit doesn't mean Silicon Valley giants are off the hook. More lawsuits alleging gender discrimination, sexual ...
EEOC Charges Drop in 2013
For fiscal year 2013, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received less than 94,000 new private sector charges of employment discrimination, marking the lowest level since 2009. The ...