by admin | Jun 29, 2015 | Discrimination
Nine months ago, ex-Irondale, Alabama, police officer Cedric Coleman quit his department after allegedly experiencing a series of racially motivated threats, including finding pictures of black men in chains stuffed into his locker and receiving texts calling...
by admin | Jun 29, 2015 | Discrimination
One male and six female employees filed a lawsuit last Friday, June 19, against the McDonald's Restaurants of California corporation. The complaint describes the plaintiffs as "hard-working restaurant workers whose careers ended abruptly as part of...
by admin | Jun 22, 2015 | Discrimination, Wrongful Termination
Earlier this month, we wrote about the latest development in the current interim CEO of Reddit, Ellen Pao's high-profile sexism suit against investment firm Kleiner Perkins. Kleiner Perkins won the case, but Ellen Pao planned to file for an appeal. Her...
by admin | Jun 16, 2015 | Discrimination
Former Somerville, New Jersey, Department of Public Works employee Ferdinand Collazo has filed the third federal civil right lawsuit to hit the borough in the past year.The lawsuit, filed on June 5, claims that the Department of Public Works had a racially...
by admin | Jun 12, 2015 | Discrimination, Wrongful Termination
Nasty Gal, a recently launched for-women, by-women fashion company, is facing a multi-person wrongful termination lawsuit after allegedly firing four of its pregnant employees after they took maternity leave. The state of California, where Nasty Gal is...
by admin | May 29, 2015 | Discrimination
After being sued by the Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) on allegations of discriminating against female and minority job applicants, Oral Arts Laboratory Inc. has agreed to pay out a settlement of $115,000.Based in...
