Equal Employment Opportunity Commission News

Tesla Sued by US Agency over Alleged Harassment of Black Factory Workers

A U.S. civil rights agency sued Tesla Inc. on Thursday, claiming the electric carmaker has tolerated severe harassment of Black employees at its flagship Fremont, California, assembly plant. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said in the lawsuit filed …

Walmart Sued by US Agency over Test that Screened Out Disabled Workers

The U.S. agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws said on Wednesday that it had sued Walmart Inc. over allegations it fired hourly workers with disabilities who could not pass a computer-based test. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said that the …

11th Circuit Panel Affirms Dismissal of Discrimination Suit by White TV Weatherman

The use of a form that identified an employee’s race as part of a company’s termination process was not evidence that the employer discriminated against him because he is white, a divided panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals …

Tutoring Firm Settles EEOC’s First Bias Lawsuit Involving AI Software

A China-based tutoring company has agreed to settle a U.S. government agency’s novel lawsuit claiming it used hiring software powered by artificial intelligence to illegally weed out older job applicants. The 2022 lawsuit against iTutorGroup Inc. was the first by …

Facebook Job Ads Illegally Discriminate, Female Truckers Say

Meta Platforms Inc. “routinely discriminates” in steering job ads to specific age and gender groups on its Facebook platform, a women’s truckers organization alleged in a civil rights complaint. “Facebook’s algorithm regularly acts like recruiters in the 1960s (and even …

United Airlines to Pay Buddhist Pilot $305K to Settle Religious Discrimination Claim

United Airlines will pay $305,000 to a Buddhist pilot and will provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency’s New York office announced. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, …

AI Algorithms, Strict Place-of-Work Rules Potential Trouble Spots for Employment Claims

SAN DIEGO — Technological innovations and changing work arrangements brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic are among some of the emerging issues that can make employers vulnerable to discrimination lawsuits, a top employment practices defense attorney said Thursday. Barry A. …

Disqualified for Disabilities, Railroad Workers Fight Back

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — After Terrence Hersey had a stroke on the way home from his railroad job in 2015, he underwent months of therapy to learn how to put words together in sentences and learn to walk again. He …

EEOC: 2 Fired for not Joining Company Christian Prayer

Two employees with a North Carolina company say they were fired after refusing to participate in the firm’s daily Christian prayer meetings, which they said went against their respective religious beliefs, according to a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment …

Tesla Moves to Pause California Agency’s Race Bias Lawsuit

Tesla Inc. has asked a California judge to pause a state agency’s lawsuit that accuses the electric car maker of widespread race discrimination at its flagship assembly plant, saying the state must further investigate the claims and allow a chance …