Gender Discrimination
Recent pay and hiring discrimination allegations have resulted in high-dollar settlements for Google and a hospitality management company.
A federal judge has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction to block key parts of President's Trump's executive order on combating race and sex stereotyping from being enforced.
Google's parent company has agreed to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a group of shareholders. The lawsuit claimed that male executives who had been credibly accused of sexually harassing female employees were improperly awarded multi-million-dollar severance packages.
Employers that fire an individual merely for being gay or transgender violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Supreme Court has ruled.
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that prior salary history may not be used to justify paying women a lower salary than men.
In what marks the largest monetary agreement ever reached by the EEOC's Denver and Phoenix field offices, the Jackson National Life Insurance Company and its subsidiaries will pay nearly $21 million to settle a race and gender discrimination lawsuit.
The EEOC has released determinations finding seven corporations posted Facebook job advertisements that discriminated against women and older workers.
Amendments to New York's equal pay law take effect October 8, 2019. A new salary history inquiry law takes effect January 6, 2020.
JP Morgan Chase Bank has reached a proposed $5 million agreement to settle claims that its paid parental leave policy discriminated against fathers.
Colorado and Washington both have enacted salary history question bans, making them the 9th and 10th states placing such prohibitions on employers. Colorado's measure is part of a broad pay equity law.
News: HR Guidance on addressing sex discrimination in the workplace and ensuring equal opportunity for employees and applicants of both genders.
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