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- The EEOC Is Not Losing Its Religion: Enforcement Focus on Discrimination
- EEOC Sues Design Cuisine and Elior North America for Religious Discrimination
- Race discrimination claims advance over drug-test firings
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EEOC Sues Design Cuisine and Elior North America for Religious Discrimination
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed suit against National Food Enterprises Inc., doing business as Design Cuisine and Elior Inc., operating as Elior North Am...
Race discrimination claims advance over drug-test firings
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found sufficient evidence for race discrimination claims by two Black employees fired after refusing a drug test in Alabama. The post Race di...
Staffing firm draws EEOC ire for ‘only H1B’ job message
The agency has made good so far on Chair Andrea Lucas’ promise to pursue anti-American bias cases.
Company’s male-only job openings lead to $500K settlement with EEOC
The commission has repeatedly challenged hiring policies that exclude applicants because of their sex and employers that retaliate against HR professionals for hiring women.
AI Employment Law: Employer Liability and Compliance Guide
Introduction: AI Risk No Longer Stops at Hiring Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are now part of the full employment lifecycle for many employers, not just at the applicant scree...
EEOC's Suit Demonstrates New Risks for Employers
The EEOC, which has been encouraging the public to report "Anti-American" discrimination, is suing an IT employment agency that allegedly turned down a U.S. citizen job applicant i...
Retaliation Claims Under CO Equal Pay, Anti-Discrimination Laws: No Gender Discrimination Allegations Needed
Race bias claims tied to drug test can go to jury, 11th Circuit says
Evidence showed an employer rehired a White employee but not two Black employees after firing all three for the same conduct, the court said.
Employment AI Tools Raise New Bias, Privacy, and Compliance Challenges
Marketing Firm Sued for Refusing to Hire Pregnant Woman
International advertising and marketing firm Dentsu International Americas, LLC, violated federal law when it refused to hire a pregnant woman for a Minneapolis-based position prom...
Miami furniture store will pay $1.3M to settle charge it favored Hispanic applicants
EEOC significantly ramped up its enforcement of national origin and race discrimination claims in fiscal year 2026, including some alleging majority-group discrimination.
EEOC Says Americans Need Apply, Targets Anti-American Hiring Bias
Employers should review hiring and recruiting practices involving H-1B and other foreign workers as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission increases attention on alleged...
Family Dollar Stores Accused of Pregnancy Discrimination
Family Dollar Stores of North Carolina, LLC, a Matthews, North Carolina-headquartered retailer with a store in Greenville, violated federal law by refusing to provide a reasonable...
Fourteen States Remind Employers: Disparate Impact Enforcement Is Not Going Away
Deloitte to pay $21.5M to settle claims its DEI programs violated federal civil rights law
“Government contractors cannot reward or penalize employees based on race or sex,” the attorney general said.
EEOC pursues more claims of workplace religious discrimination
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission continues its aggressive campaign against employers accused of violating the religious freedom of Christians. The federal agency an...
White HR worker gets partial win in reverse bias lawsuit against polling firm
Among other claims, the plaintiff alleged she was excluded from a company-organized diversity, equity and inclusion webinar described as “not for [W]hite folks.”
A Discrimination Claim Can Fail—and a Retaliation Claim Can Still Reach a Jury
Harmeet Dhillon: 'Main Focus' Is Corporate Discrimination Against Americans
The Justice Department's civil rights section is investigating numerous allegations of anti-American discrimination by hiring managers and their companies, says Harmeet Dhillon, th...
Judge tosses former Purdue diversity chief’s race bias and retaliation claims
The executive offered up three colleagues as similarly situated comparators — and the judge dismissed all three.
How to Deal with Discrimination in the Workplace
Most employees spend more of their time in the workplace, and for this reason, ensuring all the workers are treated the same is an essential factor to consider. Employees who […] T...
Logistics firms to pay $2M to settle hiring discrimination cases
Birchstone Management and Mile Hi Companies will pay a combined $2 million to resolve cases alleging discriminatory hiring practices. The post Logistics firms to pay $2M to settle...
Alleged DEI-motivated hirings and promotions cost Accenture $25M in DOJ settlement
The U.S. Department of Justice said certain candidates were highlighted to leadership and directed into a “pipeline” due to their race and sex characteristics.
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