JURIST

MARCH 31, 2022

Within the settlement, which was first announced in September, Activision Blizzard agreed to create an $18 million fund to compensate employees who experienced sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination. The post Judge approves Activision Blizzard’s $18M sexual harassment settlement appeared first on JURIST - News.

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MARCH 7, 2024

The alleging parties have highlighted that this lawsuit is characterized by a pressing need for a safe and discrimination-free educational environment for Jewish students in accordance with MIT’s mandate to its student body. This is not the first time MIT has undergone public scrutiny with respect to its response to antisemitism.

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APRIL 16, 2021

hour tipped wages Darden pays its employees leads to harassment and discrimination in the workplace. OFW says the company could prevent employment discrimination given there is no business necessity justification for paying such low wages. OFW says that the $2.13/hour

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

LGBTQIA+ youth in South Korea are threatened by the country’s failure to enact non-discrimination provisions, according to a report published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday. The researchers found that LGBTQIA+ youth in the country experience bullying and harassment.

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APRIL 1, 2022

On March 16, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law two amendments to the State's workplace anti-discrimination and anti-harassment laws.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

1324b(A)(1)(B) , an anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) that prohibits hiring, recruiting or discharging an individual because of their citizenship status. The post Apple to pay $25M settlement over employment discrimination claims appeared first on JURIST - News.

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AUGUST 19, 2022

The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit on behalf of a SkyWest veteran who claims she was subjected to sexual harassment after being transferred to the airline's Dallas-Ft. Worth facility.

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JULY 22, 2021

is a "breeding ground" for sexual harassment. The lawsuit, led by the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, claims that Activision Blizzard Inc.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2021

California’s Department of Fair Employment Housing (DFEH) Monday announced a settlement to resolve allegations of systemic gender discrimination and harassment by Riot Games, a popular game developer and publisher in the US market. If entered by the court, this decree will.

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MARCH 18, 2022

This was the government’s second attempt to halt the proceeding of the case addressing systemic harassment, intimidation, and bullying in the RCMP. billion in damages, alleges that RCMP was negligent in failing to provide a workplace free of harassment. The lawsuit , seeking more than $1.1

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JUNE 28, 2022

A federal judge in California Monday granted Tesla’s motion for a new trial in a former employee’s racial discrimination lawsuit. In 2017 Diaz filed a lawsuit against Tesla for racial harassment and discrimination in the workplace. This award was the largest race harassment jury verdict in American history.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

The Practical Guidance labor & employment survey with expert analysis reveals key trends and insights in 2022-2023 settlements resolving discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims. The post New Survey Reveals Key Labor & Employment Insights For Private Companies appeared first on Above the Law.

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DECEMBER 28, 2021

California’s Department of Fair Employment Housing (DFEH) Monday announced a settlement to resolve allegations of systemic gender discrimination and harassment by Riot Games, a popular game developer and publisher in the US market. If entered by the court, this decree will.

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JURIST

MARCH 24, 2022

This included allegations involving gender discrimination and sexual harassment. The lawsuit alleged that Brack was not only aware of the behavior within the company, but actively took steps to enable the discrimination and harassment to continue. Allen Brack.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Divison Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order to prohibit poll workers from harassing Black voters at a polling center in Beaumont, Texas. The post Texas judge issue temporary restraining order, prohibits harassment of black voters appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JANUARY 1, 2024

Supreme Court is expected to rule on which job actions are covered under Title VII, while lower courts will apply a new religious accommodations test to a Christian teacher's bias suit and potentially help clarify the scope of a law banning mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment claims.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2024

We see how online platforms are increasingly becoming sites of hatred, harassment and discrimination, including specifically against women. President of BKA Holger Münch said: Hate and violence, both digital and analogue, are a threat to our democracy and our society. The action taken today makes it clear.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The changes follow a legal notice the EHRC served to the party for its “acts of harassment and discrimination” In 2020, the EHRC launched an investigation into the Labour Party over alleged instances of antisemitism and multiple instances of formal complaints made against the party.

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APRIL 16, 2024

Hair discrimination involves unfair treatment based on hairstyle or texture. In response to this problem, California has taken legal steps to address and mitigate hair discrimination within the work environment. As workplaces aim to foster inclusivity, it is important to understand the nature of hair discrimination.

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JURIST

MARCH 3, 2023

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Thursday filed suit in Louisiana federal court against ExxonMobil for unlawful employment practices based on racial discrimination. The post US employment commission files racial discrimination suit against ExxonMobil appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

JULY 15, 2023

The Chair, Harriet Baldwin, proposed that the investigation will determine if more must be done to create a supportive work culture while addressing sexual harassment and misogyny.

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JULY 12, 2023

Washington state's newest federal judge, who will be one of the youngest federal judges in the country when she takes the bench, spent her career as a civil rights attorney seeking justice for individuals challenging police violence, employment discrimination, sexual harassment and wrongful convictions.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

How is training for lawyers about how to deal with juror bias or caregiver bias not programming that is focused on issues of harassment or discrimination among lawyers?! The post Law Mom And The Modern Family: Experiencing Gender Bias In CLE Bias Training appeared first on Above the Law.

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APRIL 15, 2022

Orrick of the US District Court of Northern California Wednesday reduced damages Tesla owed in a workplace racial harassment suit from $137 million to $15 million. Last October, worker Owen Diaz sued Tesla for violating California state law and 42 USC §1981 , which guarantees non-discrimination in the making of contracts.

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JUNE 26, 2023

But at some point years of petty discrimination and harassment will finally go too far, and for me that point is now.' The post Law School Professor Sues School After What Sounds Like A Whole Lot Of Retaliation appeared first on Above the Law.

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MARCH 10, 2023

The interviewees alleged illegal detention, eviction, harassment by law enforcement authorities and forced deportation. Officials argued that foreign nationals are given the necessary protection “without any discrimination.” Amnesty International interviewed 20 migrants who were victims of racist mob attacks.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

“They contradict both their legal mandate and the evidence-based best practices they’re supposed to reflect, and they have already resulted in discrimination that violates state and federal law.”

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JUNE 28, 2022

The report says that judicial employees “deserve and should expect basic workplace rights that protect them from harassment, discrimination and other forms of misconduct.”

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

On Wednesday, Pinterest settled a shareholder lawsuit alleging that its top executives enabled racial and gender discrimination in the company. The shareholder lawsuit was filed in November 2020 against top executives of Pinterest, including CEO Ben Silbermann for “enabling a culture of discrimination.”

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JANUARY 29, 2024

A deputy general counsel at Workday pressed a California federal judge to dismiss a company attorney's harassment, discrimination and retaliation claims, saying the attorney hadn't shown links between the human resources software provider's alleged actions and his race and disability.

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JURIST

APRIL 30, 2023

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Friday issued findings concerning human rights in Argentina, Niger, the Philippines, Portugal, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan, reviewing their performance under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

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JURIST

JULY 3, 2022

million settlement in a workplace sexual harassment lawsuit. The EEOC sued Coughlin in March 2021 for failing to protect workers at a Vermont restaurant location from a manager who sexually harassed them over several years. million to provide compensation to the victims of the harassment and pay USD 125,000 to the state of Vermont.

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JURIST

APRIL 6, 2022

Former female workers of a McDonald’s located in Mason, Michigan recently filed a class-action lawsuit against a store manager for sexual harassment. The post McDonald’s settles sexual harassment lawsuit for $1.5M The McDonald’s franchisee agreed Monday to a settlement where they will pay $1.5

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Professor Comaroff was placed on leave in August 2020, after the Harvard Crimson, Harvard’s daily newspaper, reported that at least three female students were in contact with Harvard’s Title IX officer about allegations of unwanted touching, verbal sexual harassment, and professional retaliation.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

A former Pfizer compliance officer said he endured harassment and discrimination before being fired in retaliation for reporting the pharmaceutical giant to the U.S.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2022

A settlement of USD 118 million was reached Friday in a gender discrimination class action against Google. Also last year, Pinterest settled a shareholder case alleging that top executives had enabled racial and gender discrimination within the company. The case, Ellis v. Google settled a similar case for USD 3.8

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2023

Yves Wantou, a former pharmacist at a Walmart in Texas, filed a lawsuit against Walmart in the Western District of Texas in 2016 claiming racial discrimination and a hostile workplace. Wantou, originally from Cameroon, alleged that Walmart intentionally subjected him to discrimination based on both race and national origin.

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