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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rethinking 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.

June 2, 2025

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

Once 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

EEOC pulls funding from joint state, local transgender bias investigations

The move is yet another step in the agency’s effort to abandon enforcement of workplace anti-discrimination laws with respect to transgender employees.

By Ryan Golden • May 30, 2025

Labor Department drops Biden-era ESG fiduciary rule

The agency will no longer defend the rule allowing retirement plan managers to consider ESG factors and intends to work through a new rulemaking process on the topic “as expeditiously as possible.”

By Lamar Johnson • May 29, 2025

Widow sues Coca-Cola under ERISA for former exec’s retirement benefts

The company assured the couple before and after they married that she would receive his retirement benefits if he predeceased her, the lawsuit said.

By Laurel Kalser • May 29, 2025

DOL rescinds Biden-era warning against offering cryptocurrency in 401(k) plans

In reversing course on the 2022 guidance, the department said it is “reaffirm[ing] its neutral stance” on cryptocurrency’s inclusion in plans.

By Ginger Christ • May 28, 2025

5th Circuit rejects NLRB effort to revive ‘long-dead case’ against plumber

A majority held that “extraordinary circumstances” applied in part because the board left its case dormant for nearly a decade.

By Ryan Golden • May 28, 2025

Atlanta worker was demoted because of conduct, not FMLA leave, 11th Circuit holds

The city had multiple reasons to back up the demotion decision, the court found.

By Emilie Shumway • May 27, 2025

Judge vacates portion of EEOC rule requiring accommodation for elective abortions

The commission must revise the Biden-era regulation, the judge said, finding it didn’t properly interpret the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

By Kate Tornone • May 22, 2025

Employer will pay $42K to settle EEOC allegations it called pregnant bartender a ‘liability’

The agency claimed a manager told the plaintiff that the Texas-based bar was concerned that “something bad” would happen to her prior to terminating her.

By Ryan Golden • May 21, 2025

DOJ opens investigation after Chicago mayor touts Black hires

The department took issue with comments the mayor made at a public event Sunday, in which he identified six high-level positions held by Black workers.

By Emilie Shumway • May 20, 2025

Judge allows Workday AI bias lawsuit to proceed as collective action

“Allegedly widespread discrimination is not a basis for denying notice,” the judge ruled — even if the class involves “hundreds of millions” of members.

By Ginger Christ • Updated May 20, 2025

Former Menards worker can arbitrate claim despite Ending Forced Arbitration Act, 6th Circuit says

The driver “repeatedly and unequivocally told the district court that the arbitration agreement applied to this dispute,” the appeals court noted. 

By Laurel Kalser • May 19, 2025

Navigating ICE enforcement actions: How HR can prepare and protect a workforce

ICE enforcement actions are unpredictable, but preparation allows businesses to minimize risks while protecting employees, attorneys at law firm Gunster write.

By Jorge Zamora and Maria Romero • May 16, 2025