OWN Oprah Winfrey Network sued for sex discrimination
A former employee has filed a pregnancy and sex discrimination lawsuit against the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Carolyn Hommel claims that she was discriminated and retaliated against for being...
View ArticleThe Finish Line to pay $30,000 in sexual harassment lawsuit jury decision
A federal jury has awarded three former Finish Line employees $30,000 at the conclusion of a sexual harassment lawsuit that the EEOC filed against the retailer. The three female employees, who were 16...
View ArticleJury: A.C. Widenhouse to pay $200,000 in racial harassment lawsuit
A federal jury in North Carolina has awarded two former A.C. Widenhouse employees $200,000. The employees, Contonius Gill and Robert Floyd, Jr., claim that they were subjected to a racially hostile...
View ArticleKintetsu International Express to pay $77,500 to settle hostile work...
Kintetsu International Express, a leading travel agency, has agreed to pay $77,500 to settle an EEOC disability discrimination and hostile work environment lawsuit. The EEOC had claimed that an...
View ArticleWinona State University dean fired for sexual harassment complaints
Bill Murphy, the dean of Winona State University’s College of Business, has been fired for allegedly subjecting a number of students to sexual harassment. Several male students accused Murphy of...
View ArticleAuxiliary Police Chief Jay Jackson disciplined for sexual harassment complaints
Auxiliary Police Chief Jay Jackson was disciplined last year after internal affairs conducted an investigation into complaints that Jackson subjected a number of male police officers to sexual...
View ArticleBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to pay $7 million to settle gender...
The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has agreed to pay $7 million to settle a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit. Dr. Carol Warfield, who served as the chief of Beth Israel’s anesthesia and...
View ArticleJudge allows KPMG gender discrimination lawsuit to proceed
A federal judge in Manhattan has ruled that a gender discrimination lawsuit filed against it by five former female employees can proceed. Judge Jesse Furman denied most of KPMG’s requests to dismiss...
View ArticleLos Alamos National Laboratory employee accuses boss of sexual harassment
A female employee at the Los Alamos National Laboratory has accused her then boss, Anthony Stanford, of subjecting her to sexual harassment. The woman claims that Stanford, who was the former Emergency...
View ArticleEEOC hostile work environment lawsuit settlement will cost South Loop Club...
South Loop Club, a Chicago bar and grill, has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle an EEOC sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit. The EEOC had claimed that South Loop Club created a sexually hostile...
View Article$100 million class action sex discrimination lawsuit filed against Daiichi...
A $100 million class action sex discrimination lawsuit has been filed against pharmaceuticals company Daiichi Sankyo. Six current and former female sales representatives claim that they were subjected...
View ArticleNewton Falls Police Chief John Kuivila fired after sexual harassment...
Newton Falls Police Chief John Kuivila was fired by the village council after an investigation into sexual harassment allegations. A female employee claims that Kuivila subjected her to sexual...
View ArticleCumberland County teacher lawsuit accuses principal of sexual harassment
Teresa Kemmer, a former teacher at Cumberland County’s Phoenix School, has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the Cumberland County Board of Education. Kemmer claims that former principal Rocky...
View ArticleJudge dismisses L.A. Schools Supt. Ramon Cortines sexual harassment lawsuit
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has dismissed the sexual harassment lawsuit that had been filed against the Los Angeles Unified School District. The judge ruled that Scot Graham, the LAUSD’s...
View ArticleCascade Mayor Dick Carter accused of sexual harassment
Dick Carter, the mayor of Cascade City in Idaho, has been accused of sexual harassment by several women. The women aired their complaints about Carter’s alleged sexual harassment at a meeting of the...
View ArticlePrince George’s County Health Department employee alleges sexually hostile...
An employee at the Prince George’s County Health Department in Maryland has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the county. Oreadea Treadwell claims that she was subjected to a sexually hostile...
View ArticleTop National Weather Service boss removed amid sexual harassment investigation
Daniel McCarthy, the administrator in charge of the National Weather Service office in Indianapolis, has been removed while an internal sexual harassment investigation takes place. A 32-year-old woman...
View ArticleJudge dismisses part of FBI agent’s hostile work environment and...
A judge recently dismissed parts of the FBI hostile work environment and discrimination lawsuit that was filed against the agency by the head of the FBI’s operations in Washington state. Special...
View ArticleGalloway Township police officer files hostile work environment lawsuit
Brian Tennant, an African-American police officer with the Galloway Township Police Department, has filed a hostile work environment lawsuit against the township and police department. Tennant claims...
View ArticleEl Museo del Barrio former director files hostile work environment and...
Margarita Aguilar, the former director of the El Museo del Barrio, has filed a sex discrimination and hostile work environment complaint with the New York State Division of Human Rights. Aguilar, who...
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