11th Circuit Panel Affirms Dismissal of Discrimination Suit by White TV Weatherman September 11, 2023 By Jim Sams The use of a form that identified an employee’s race as part of a company’s termination process was not evidence...
Tutoring Firm Settles EEOC’s First Bias Lawsuit Involving AI Software August 16, 2023 A China-based tutoring company has agreed to settle a U.S. government agency’s novel lawsuit claiming it used hiring software powered...
Facebook Job Ads Illegally Discriminate, Female Truckers Say December 2, 2022 By Josh Eidelson Meta Platforms Inc. “routinely discriminates” in steering job ads to specific age and gender groups on its Facebook platform, a...
United Airlines to Pay Buddhist Pilot $305K to Settle Religious Discrimination Claim November 18, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson United Airlines will pay $305,000 to a Buddhist pilot and will provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit...
AI Algorithms, Strict Place-of-Work Rules Potential Trouble Spots for Employment Claims November 14, 2022 By Jim Sams SAN DIEGO — Technological innovations and changing work arrangements brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic are among some of the...
Disqualified for Disabilities, Railroad Workers Fight Back August 19, 2022 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — After Terrence Hersey had a stroke on the way home from his railroad job in 2015,...
EEOC: 2 Fired for not Joining Company Christian Prayer June 30, 2022 By Tom Foreman Jr. Two employees with a North Carolina company say they were fired after refusing to participate in the firm’s daily Christian...
Tesla Moves to Pause California Agency’s Race Bias Lawsuit April 19, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner Tesla Inc. has asked a California judge to pause a state agency’s lawsuit that accuses the electric car maker of...
Activision, EEOC Win Judge’s Approval of Sex Bias Settlement March 30, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner A Los Angeles federal judge on Tuesday signed off on Activision Blizzard Inc’s $18 million settlement of a U.S. Equal...
Consumer Group Demands Probe After NY Times Reports on Alleged Bias at State Farm March 25, 2022 By Jim Sams A national consumer rights group on Thursday called on state insurance commissioners to investigate racial bias in claims handling after...