Executives at Elon Musk’s SpaceX discriminated against women, joked about sexual harassment and fired workers for raising concerns, seven former employees allege in California civil rights complaints viewed by Bloomberg. The California-based workers, who were fired in 2022 after circulating …
Syracuse University must face a claim by a female student who alleges school officials retaliated against her after she filed a sexual assault complaint against a male athlete. A federal district court in September 2022 dismissed Jane Doe’s deliberate indifference, …
Elon Musk’s X illegally fired an employee in retaliation for her internet posts challenging its return-to-office policy, the U.S. labor board alleged on Friday. In the complaint, a regional director of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) accused X …
Fox Corp.’s streaming platform Tubi was accused in a gender-discrimination lawsuit of paying top female executives 28% less than their male counterparts and offering them fewer promotions. Sarah Ekstrom, Tubi’s former chief people officer, said in a proposed class-action suit …
A federal appellate court on Friday reversed a $2.3 million award to a nursing home owner that sued its insurer, finding coverage for a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit was clearly excluded because the policyholder did not disclose that it was under …
The U.S. Department of Labor reported that it has obtained a default judgment to recover $703,609 in back wages and liquidated damages for 38 employees denied overtime pay by a Chesapeake, Virginia home healthcare company and its owner who officials …
Firefighters in West Virginia’s Morgantown say the city manager lowered their pay in retaliation for their refusal to accept a settlement in a separate dispute, although the city says it is just making the firefighters play by the rules. The …
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is seeking public input on proposed enforcement guidance addressing retaliation and related issues under federal employment discrimination laws. The enforcement guidance documents set forth the EEOC’s interpretation of the law and seek to …
While charges of employment discrimination against employers are declining overall, claims alleging retaliation against an employee for involvement in a complaint reached a record high in fiscal year 2014. According to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) review of the …
