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Head of Workplace Rights Agency Urges White Men to Report Discrimination
The head of the U.S. agency for enforcing workplace civil rights posted a social media call-out urging white men to come forward if they have experienced race or sex ...
Civil Rights Agency Drops a Key Tool Used to Investigate Workplace Discrimination
The U.S. civil rights agency responsible for enforcing worker rights will stop investigating complaints about company policies that don't explicitly discriminate but may ...
U.S. High Court Poised to Lower Bar for ‘Reverse Discrimination’ Suits
U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared to lean on Wednesday toward making it easier for people from "majority backgrounds," such as white or straight people, to pursue workplace discrimination claims, ...
Judge Reduces UPS Driver’s $237.6M Bias Verdict to $39.6M
A federal judge reduced a $237.6 million jury award against United Parcel Service UPS.N to $39.6 million in the case of a Black former driver who accused the package delivery company of workplace ...
U.S. Supreme Court to Decide if White, Straight Workers Face Higher Bar in Bias Lawsuits
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether it should be more difficult for workers from "majority backgrounds," such as white or heterosexual people, to prove workplace discrimination ...
SCOTUS Bars Discrimination Against LGBT Workers
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a watershed victory for LGBT rights and a defeat for President Donald Trump's administration by ruling that a longstanding federal law barring workplace ...
Many Men Claim They’ve Faced U.S. Workplace Age Discrimination: Hiscox
Age discrimination affects over one-fifth of U.S. workers over the age of 40, a particular number of which are men, according to a new Hiscox survey. With that in mind, the international specialist ...
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 ...