/employment-authority/discrimination?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Employment Authority Discrimination Copyright 2025 saąúĽĘ´«Ă˝. en-US Fri, 21 Nov 2025 22:13:25 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2414372?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2414372 Former "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Brit Eady accused Bravo and the show's production company of blackmailing her into discussing a "disgusting" revenge porn incident where in front of a live event audience, a cast member showed a graphic image falsely attributed to Eady. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:00:42 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2414258?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2414258 A Service Employees International Union unit said an Ohio hospital must comply with an arbitrator's order to rescind its write-up of a worker who tested positive for cannabis use after a random drug test, telling a federal court Thursday in a suit that a prior effort to clean a worker's slate was successful. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:48:33 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2414402?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2414402 An Illinois roofing company failed to address racist remarks and inappropriate sexual comments regularly made by a subsidiary's vice president and other employees, ultimately forcing a worker to resign, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a suit Friday. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:24:02 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2414239?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2414239 A Baltimore-area hospital accused the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of mischaracterizing a deaf nurse's medical restrictions and accommodation request to prop up a disability bias suit, telling a Maryland federal court the agency's deception warrants tossing the case. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:54:33 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2414341?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2414341 The Eleventh Circuit said Friday it couldn't wade into a worker's push to revive claims that AT&T illegally faulted employees for pregnancy-related absences, finding a missing signature on a deal to end the case meant the appeals court had no jurisdiction. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:26:49 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2412017?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2412017 In the next two weeks, attorneys should keep an eye on Ninth Circuit oral arguments regarding whether a Native American tribe's sovereignty shields it from a labor arbitration award. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:26:40 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2412980?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2412980 An attorney who spent about 17 years with the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, and was part of a team that challenged a North Carolina law banning transgender people from using bathrooms that aligned with their gender identity, has joined Kalijarvi Chuzi Newman & Fitch PC. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:25:38 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413087?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413087 The Texas Responsible AI Governance Act — which will soon be the sole comprehensive artificial intelligence law in the U.S. — pulls threads from EU and Colorado laws but introduces more targeted rules with fewer obligations on commercial entities, say attorneys at MVA Law. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:59:14 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413919?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413919 A Teamsters local dodged a Black UPS worker's suit claiming the union discouraged him from complaining about on-the-job race discrimination and interfered with his medical leave, with a Mississippi federal judge ruling the worker hadn't shown he was treated worse than other union members. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:03:55 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2409090?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2409090 The Washington, D.C., federal judge set to decide if the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission must continue probing disparate impact discrimination claims is known as a fair and detail-oriented jurist who has credited his wide-ranging experience — including as a corporate lawyer and a police officer — with preparing him for the bench. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 22:26:50 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2406324?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2406324 The Tenth Circuit on Thursday appeared hesitant about reviving a challenge by three transgender students and their parents to an Oklahoma law requiring that school bathroom access be based on birth certificate sex markers, with the judges suggesting that several recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings undermine the students' case. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:34:32 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413936?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413936 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a Wisconsin federal court Thursday to force Northwestern Mutual to hand over details about its diversity, equity and inclusion policies and workplace trainings, saying the company's evasion is impeding an investigation into a former employee's bias allegations. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:06:25 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413838?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413838 A transgender woman who works as a civilian employee for the Illinois National Guard lodged a putative class action Thursday in D.C. federal court, challenging the Trump administration's policy prohibiting transgender employees from using restrooms that align with their gender identity. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:39:08 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413889?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413889 A split Ninth Circuit panel said Thursday that a law firm must face a fired attorney's disability bias suit claiming she was forced to work beyond a lighter schedule that helped her manage medical conditions, ruling a jury should decide whether the business has enough employees to be sued. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:32:59 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413288?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413288 A former Rutgers University head women's gymnastics coach claims in a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit that she was wrongfully terminated after a politically charged investigation that cost more than $700,000 and failed to find any misconduct. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:06:24 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413809?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413809 A California judge denied a request Thursday from a former employee accusing Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, of discrimination to sanction the rapper for failing to sit for a deposition, but warned his attorney not to take "any comfort" in the order because he will need to reach an agreement soon or face "undesirable outcomes." Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:48:39 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413701?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413701 The Fourth Circuit on Thursday reopened a lawsuit alleging the Humane Society of the United States fired two remote employees rather than granting their religious requests to skip the COVID-19 vaccine, saying the workers had sufficiently connected their vaccine opposition to their faith. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:52:08 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413390?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413390 A former in-house attorney for Dell can't pursue a lawsuit alleging that the company fired her because she chose to work remotely to accommodate her high-risk pregnancy, the technology company told a Massachusetts federal judge, arguing she is bound by an arbitration agreement. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:18:57 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413643?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413643 A New Jersey appellate panel on Thursday ruled that a former Reed Smith LLP attorney is entitled to pursue more damages and obtain expanded wage data in her gender discrimination suit against the firm, saying a trial court incorrectly applied certain statutes when it limited the damages and data she could seek. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:11:27 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413584?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2413584 A Michigan hospital can't escape a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it unlawfully refused to transfer a nurse with a metabolic disorder to a less demanding position, with a federal judge saying the hospital hadn't shown the court erred when it sent the case to a jury.