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Supreme Court eases path for reverse bias lawsuits
Supreme Court rules majority groups face same legal standard in bias claims, easing reverse discrimination suits under Title VII nationwide.
Judge: Catholic Relief Services liable for gender bias, denial of same-sex benefits
Catholic Relief Services violated federal laws against sex discrimination in employment and pay when the Baltimore-based agency withdrew health insurance coverage from a gay employee’s same-sex spouse, a federal judge […]
EEOC sues Baltimore auto dealership alleging gender bias, retaliation
Last September, Jessica Dotterweich says, she discovered she was being paid less than fellow dispatcher Nathan Brown at Jerry’s Chevrolet Inc. in Baltimore and asked her employer why. She was […]
EEOC accuses Hanover industrial staffing firm of sex bias
A Hanover-based industrial staffing company has refused to hire or assign women to demolition and laborer positions and has asked its clients if they preferred male or female workers, the […]
Dollar General settles sexual harassment claim at Kent County store
Dollar General has agreed to pay $50,000 to a former Kent County assistant store manager who a federal agency alleged was sexually harassed at work by her boss and transferred […]
NIH’s security firm settles job bias claim for $1.6M
The National Institutes of Health’s security firm has agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a federal agency’s claim that it systematically harassed, discriminated and retaliated against employees born in […]
Cleaning firm settles national origin bias claim in Hyattsville
A nationwide cleaning company will pay $37,500 to settle federal claims a woman was subjected to a derogatory tirade and illegally fired from her janitorial job in Hyattsville because she […]
EEOC sues Rocky Gap, alleges illegal retaliation
A female bartender at Rocky Gap Casino Resort told management of being sexually harassed by a male colleague but was ignored and later reassigned to a less-trafficked bar, leaving her […]
Catholic Relief Services accused of gender bias, denial of same-sex benefits
Catholic Relief Services withdrew health insurance coverage from a gay employee’s spouse despite having told the worker that the Baltimore-based agency’s insurance plan does not discriminate against same-sex marriages, the […]
4th Circuit: Pretext for bias must be pleaded not presumed
A fired customer service agent’s discrimination lawsuit against a Bethesda high-tech security products company might have been headed to trial if the black employee had sufficiently alleged that a supervisor’s […]
4th Circuit: ‘Reasonable’ steps block hostile environment claim
A company cannot be held responsible for racist and sexist comments by co-workers so long as it takes steps “reasonably calculated” to stop the hateful banter, a federal appeals court […]
Judge permits harassment claim against University of Maryland to proceed
A researcher’s claim of sexual harassment and retaliation by her University of Maryland supervisor will proceed toward trial against the school after a federal judge this week rejected the university’s […]
