EEOC News

Report: Retaliation Was Most Common Form of Workplace Discrimination

Retaliation was the most common form or workplace discrimination, while Tennessee had the highest rate of workplace discrimination charges at 79 per 100,000 people, an examination of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission data shows. The EEOC data showed Arkansas (77 charges …

Nebraska Jury Awards $335K to Deaf Truck Driver in Disability Discrimination Case

Trucking companies Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Drivers Management, LLC must pay $335,682 to a deaf truck driver months after an Omaha, Nebraska jury found in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on disability discrimination claims, a federal …

EEOC Harassment Cases May Languish for Years

The federal agency handling workplace harassment complaints has become a crowded waystation in an overwhelmed bureaucracy, with wait times often stretching years. And as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission takes on renewed significance in light of the growing (hash)MeToo movement, …

Top 10 Employment Discrimination Charges in 2017

A total of 84,254 workplace discrimination charges were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) nationwide during fiscal year (FY) 2017, according to the federal agency. The EEOC said it secured $398 million for victims in the private sector …

Ex-Indianapolis Employee Files ‘Chronic Body Odor’ Lawsuit

Indianapolis is being sued by a former courts official who alleges that she was fired after she installed air fresheners to combat a co-worker’s body odor. Amber Bridges’ federal lawsuit says she was fired last year for creating a hostile …

Defining the ‘Scope of Employment’

Utilizing Job Descriptions and Employer Policies to Determine Coverage for Employee Acts Allow employment lawyers everywhere to let you in on a secret: we love to kill trees. The more documentation, the better, when it comes to defending clients in …

Witnesses Experience Fallout After Calling out Sexual Harassment

Life was going well for Christopher Partee when the woman approached him in tears. The forklift operator had recently been made a permanent employee at a Memphis warehouse newly opened by a supply-chain logistics company. His new supervisor was friendly …

New Study Finds Businesses in 5 States Face Biggest Risk of Getting Sued by Employees

Businesses located in Washington, D.C., Nevada, Delaware, New Mexico and California face the highest risk of being sued by their employees when compared to the national average, according to a new study released by global insurer Hiscox. The study revealed …

EEOC Getting a Pro-Business Makeover

The federal agency tasked with combating workplace discrimination is about to get a Republican majority for the first time in a decade, inspiring relief among employers and anxiety among workers’ rights advocates. President Donald Trump’s picks for the Equal Employment …

XpertHR Outlines Top 10 Scariest Employment Challenges in 2016

According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s most recent Performance Accountability Report, the agency secured more than $525 million in fiscal year 2015 for victims of discrimination in all sectors of employment. The increased focus on employment issues prompted XpertHR …