Compliance
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Equinox settles ADA claim alleging it denied request to delay interview due to period cramps
The EEOC claimed the fitness chain rejected the candidate, who had endometriosis, despite her qualifications.
By Ryan Golden • June 13, 2025 -
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Ex-Real Brokerage CFO alleges pregnancy discrimination in lawsuit
The company manufactured an audit as grounds for the plaintiff’s termination to "clear the way for her less qualified and unencumbered male successor," the suit alleges.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • June 12, 2025 -
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Discount store Ollie’s can’t dodge lawsuit for quid pro quo sexual harassment scheduling scheme
The plaintiff alleged gender and disability discrimination, as well as retaliation.
By Caroline Colvin • June 12, 2025 -
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Ex-Costco worker who took leave to care for wife with cancer may proceed with disability bias claim
The case involved a tangled web between the requirements of the FMLA and state laws, as well as the company’s own leave policies.
By Ryan Golden • June 11, 2025 -
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Garten Trucking’s union wage comment was improper, US appeals court says
An internal message to workers was rough but acceptable — except for a final line about raises, the three-judge panel found.
By David Taube • June 11, 2025 -
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Payscale’s effort to enforce noncompete agreement against ex-sales leader fails
Noncompetes, while often employed to prevent key talent from going to competitors, have been scrutinized by courts and lawmakers across the U.S.
By Ryan Golden • June 11, 2025 -
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LGBTQ+ groups prevail in challenge to Trump executive orders
The executive branch “cannot weaponize Congressionally appropriated funds to single out protected communities,” a U.S. district court judge wrote.
By Emilie Shumway • June 10, 2025 -
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Ditched by Trump’s EEOC, job applicant advances bias lawsuit against Sheetz
The agency said it would drop the lawsuit because it no longer aligned with the president’s executive order ending enforcement targeting disparate-impact discrimination.
By Ryan Golden • June 9, 2025 -
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Michigan representative introduces proposal to explicitly ban antisemitism
A Democratic lawmaker introduced legislation on June 4 to crack down on antisemitism, including at work.
By Caroline Colvin • June 9, 2025 -
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Las Vegas restaurant operator ordered to pay more than $215K for alleged racial slurs against Black line cook
Olives, Inc., allegedly took no remedial or disciplinary action after an HR manager came to the “spurious” conclusion there was no “malicious intent” behind the conduct.
By Laurel Kalser • June 9, 2025 -
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OpinionHow should construction companies handle DEI under Trump?
Given the president’s order targeting “illegal” equity programs, firms need to prepare for challenges from both the government and workers, writes an employment attorney.
By Neil C. Schur • June 9, 2025 -
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Marketing executive alleges he faced retaliation for defending pregnant workers
The plaintiff claimed he was fired after corroborating anti-pregnancy statements made by the company’s president.
By Caroline Colvin • June 6, 2025 -
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Slurs, stalking and shoddy pay: Culver’s franchise settles slew of EEOC claims
The settlement includes one case alleging sexual orientation-based discrimination, despite EEOC’s recent enforcement shifts affecting LGBTQ+ workers.
By Ryan Golden • June 6, 2025 -
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This week in 5 numbers: Workers push back on AI
Here’s a roundup of numbers from the last week of HR news — including the share of workers who are skeptical that the “skills gap” is a reflection of their abilities.
By Emilie Shumway • June 5, 2025 -
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SCOTUS unanimously sides with straight Ohio woman in ‘reverse discrimination’ row
Requiring majority-group plaintiffs to show “background circumstances” as part of their bias claims flouts U.S. Supreme Court precedent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote.
By Ryan Golden • Updated June 5, 2025 -
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Contradictory documentation keeps T-Mobile worker’s race claim alive
The company said it laid off the plaintiff because of performance failings, but an HR officer reportedly said the layoff had “nothing to do with performance.”
By Kate Tornone • June 4, 2025 -
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ICE raids on building sites stoke fear, uncertainty
Law enforcement officers arrested construction workers in San Antonio, New Orleans and Tallahassee, Florida, last week.
By Zachary Phillips • June 4, 2025 -
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DOL recommits to opinion letters
The Biden administration issued a number of opinion letters in recent years, using the method to weigh in on situations mainly involving the FMLA and FLSA.
By Emilie Shumway • June 3, 2025 -
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Gay, Christian lawyer alleges he was fired due to social media posts critical of transgender policies
A former in-house counsel for Lucid Software alleged that his criticism of policies supported by Equality Utah, an organization that partnered with the company on DEI trainings, cost him his job.
By Laurel Kalser • June 2, 2025 -
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Trump moves to shutter OFCCP after months of chopping away at it
If adopted as part of the Labor Department’s 2026 budget proposal, some enforcement powers would be moved to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
By Ryan Golden • June 2, 2025 -
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Lawsuit alleges Amazon denied leave to worker with ectopic pregnancy
The worker claimed Amazon violated the PWFA, the ADA and the FMLA when it denied her request for leave and then fired her without engaging in any interactive process.
By Laurel Kalser • June 2, 2025 -
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Sponsored by ProgynyRethinking cost containment: Why women’s health benefits are your strategic advantage
The hidden lever to lower healthcare costs? Rethinking your women’s health benefits strategy.
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Hospital seeks $11.5M in allegedly delayed COVID retention tax credits
The lawsuit is one of several filed in recent years challenging a troubled component of the 2020 CARES Act.
By Ryan Golden • May 30, 2025 -
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Identity of HR 2025Once a branding strategy, pay transparency is here to stay
Even though the verbiage might change, the necessity of pay transparency isn't going away, a vice president at Salary.com said.
By Ginger Christ • May 30, 2025
