/employment-authority/discrimination?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Employment Authority Discrimination Copyright 2025 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. en-US Wed, 08 Oct 2025 23:33:16 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2396970?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2396970 The former head of U.S. Bank's artificial intelligence efforts says he looped in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission within the required time frame before suing the bank for discrimination, telling a North Carolina federal judge not to toss his claims. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 21:22:10 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397561?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397561 A Washington federal judge scuttled a $5 million jury award for a water utility worker in his disability bias case alleging he was fired for seeking an accommodation for an on-the-job injury, ruling that trial evidence didn't show the ordeal was emotionally taxing enough to justify the multimillion-dollar amount. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 21:04:00 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397405?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397405 A provider of business technology services terminated its information technology director after 21 years of service following his request to take time off to care for his wife while she recovered from endometriosis-related surgery, according to a complaint filed in Ohio federal court. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:30:56 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397383?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397383 A new U.S. Supreme Court term kicked off this week, and the justices already have several pending petitions on their plates that could impact antidiscrimination law, including a challenge to the high court's landmark same-sex marriage ruling from 2015. Here, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ looks at three bids for review that discrimination lawyers should have on their radar. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 19:54:09 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397182?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397182 A welder mechanic asked the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday to revive his whistleblower retaliation claims against his former employer, Gulf Power Co., arguing that state law requires only that he reasonably believed a violation of law or regulation occurred, not that he have to prove an actual violation. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 19:13:35 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397521?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397521 A Third Circuit panel that ruled that work passwords are not trade secrets and that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is inapplicable to workplace policy violations will rehear arguments from a debt collection company suing two former employees. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 18:43:02 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397572?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397572 The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a challenge to Seattle's ban on caste discrimination, turning away a former resident's claims that the ordinance violated the rights of South Asians and Hindus. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:38:43 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397586?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397586 The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday upheld DePaul University's win over a former religious studies instructor's suit claiming he wasn't rehired because he's Arab American, finding he couldn't overcome the school's explanation that he was let go because of allegations he'd sexually assaulted a student. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 16:29:10 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397346?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397346 The Georgia Public Defender Council and chief public defender in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit were sued by a former assistant public defender who claimed he was fired and faced an "unwarranted" bar complaint after expressing concerns about a demotion that would deprive his unit of its "sole Black male attorney." Wed, 08 Oct 2025 16:09:27 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397177?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397177 Illinois recently eliminated mandatory fact-finding conferences, and while such meetings tend to benefit complainants, respondent employers should not dismiss them out of hand without conducting a thorough analysis of the risks and benefits, which will vary from case to case, says Kimberly Ross at FordHarrison. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 16:06:04 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397563?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397563 A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday allowed an attorney's claims of race and gender bias against the Chattahoochee Circuit Public Defender's Office and its leader to move forward, but dismissed claims against the state's Public Defender Standards Council and its leader. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:08:45 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397342?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397342 The Seventh Circuit declined a school district's invitation to revisit a panel opinion that reinstated a religious bias suit from a Christian teacher who said he was forced to quit because he wouldn't refer to transgender students by their preferred names. Tue, 07 Oct 2025 20:06:27 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397013?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397013 Ex-CNN anchor Chris Cuomo on Tuesday could not convince a New York appeals court to revive his bid to disqualify the JAMS arbitrator overseeing his $125 million unlawful termination claim against CNN due to the arbitrator's representation of the news network more than two decades ago. Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:48:48 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2396947?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2396947 A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday upheld a lower court's rejection of a lawsuit brought by dozens of former employees of a nonprofit healthcare system who claimed Washington state's requirement that healthcare workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 violated their statutory and constitutional rights. Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:39:33 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2396908?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2396908 The Ninth Circuit's reinstatement of an age discrimination lawsuit against a convenience store chain upended a trial judge's strict take on the rules for pursuing such cases, a development that means courts and litigants should take a comprehensive view when assessing the viability of older workers' bias claims, experts said. Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:03:49 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397028?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397028 The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday slashed an approximately $600,000 attorney fee award in a city police officer's retaliation case, saying a trial court's adjustment based on the supposed risk plaintiff's counsel assumed by taking on the lawsuit contributed to a $200,000 miscalculation. Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:56:36 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397046?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397046 The Fifth Circuit scrapped an $8 million verdict Tuesday for a Black city manager in his racial bias case against the Texas municipality that fired him, unpersuaded that discrimination played any role in the city's effort to recoup his $400,000 severance package. Tue, 07 Oct 2025 17:53:54 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397165?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2397165 The Senate voted along party lines Tuesday to confirm an assistant U.S. attorney to serve on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, restoring the agency to its full decision-making capacity after months without a quorum. Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:45:27 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2396976?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2396976 The public housing authority in Charlotte, North Carolina, said a jury should never have heard evidence about alleged discrimination in one of its programs during a former coordinator's hostile work environment trial, telling a federal judge to reverse the $2.3 million verdict or order a new trial. Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:18:43 +0000 /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2396954?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2396954 A former Reed Smith LLP attorney suing the firm for gender discrimination told a New Jersey appeals court Tuesday that a 2018 equal pay law was intended by the Legislature to be a "game changer" and be applied retroactively, expanding the scope of her claims.