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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1964 and aimed at preventing discrimination in the workplace on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, and religion. Title VII has been subsequently extended to discrimination on the basis of pregnancy and sexual stereotypes and to prohibit sexual harassment. Title VII applies to all employers with fifteen or more employees including private employers, state and local governments, and educational institutions. less -

AI Workplace Screener Faces Bias Lawsuit: 5 Lessons for Employers and 5 Lessons for AI Developers

Fisher Phillips on 7/23/2024

A California federal court just allowed a frustrated job applicant to proceed with an employment discrimination lawsuit against an AI-based vendor after more than 100 employers that use the vendor’s screening tools rejected...more

EEOC Sues Sheetz, Inc. For Racially Discriminatory Hiring Practice

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/19/2024

Federal Agency Charges That Employer's Criminal History Screening Causes Discriminatory Impact Against Black, Native American and Other Workers- BALTIMORE – Sheetz, a large convenience store chain, violated federal law by...more

Job Seekers Who Applied to National Staffing Agency BaronHR May Have Suffered Discrimination, EEOC Says

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/3/2023

People Not Selected for Job Placement Encouraged to Contact Federal Agency - LOS ANGELES -- On Sept. 13, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit in federal court against BaronHR for...more

Seventh Circuit Finds for School District in Employee “Reverse Race Discrimination” Claim

Franczek P.C. on 11/21/2022

Recently, the Seventh Circuit—the circuit court governing Illinois—upheld a lower court’s judgment in favor of a school district defending against two reverse race discrimination claims brought by a longtime District...more

EEOC Sues Supreme Staffing LLC, Inspire Hotel Staffing LLC, and fetter Placement LLC for Race Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/3/2022

Staffing Companies Refused to Select, Refer, and Place Black Applicants or Assigned Them to Less Desirable and Lower-Paying Positions, Federal Agency Charges - Memphis, Tenn. – Supreme Staffing LLC, Inspire Hotel Staffing...more

OFCCP Week In Review: October 2021 #2

DirectEmployers Association on 10/11/2021

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

Champion Fiberglass Settles EEOC Suit for Class Hiring Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/21/2020

Local Company Pays $225,000 to Resolve Claims That It Unlawfully Discriminated Against Non-Hispanic Applicants - HOUSTON - Champion Fiberglass, Inc. ("Champion"), a Houston-area manufacturing company, has settled a...more

Coffel Vending to Pay $22,000 to Settle EEOC Race Hiring Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/26/2020

Relief Obtained for Black Applicant Denied Vending Servicer Job Because of Race - SOUTH BEND, Ind. - A northern Indiana vending and coffee service provider will pay $22,000 and other significant relief to resolve a race...more

Remember to Think Outside the Box: Ban-the-Box Laws Are Not the Only Restrictions on Consideration of an Applicant’s Criminal...

BCLP on 12/6/2019

A growing chorus of cities, counties, and states have passed “ban-the-box” laws that restrict when and how employers can consider an applicant’s or employee’s criminal history. Currently, thirteen states (California,...more

Marquez Brothers to Pay $2 Million to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/19/2019

Non-Hispanic Applicants Discouraged from Applying or Not Hired Are Encouraged to File a Claim, Federal Agency Says - FRESNO, Calif. - Marquez Brothers International, Inc. and its affiliates will pay $2 million and furnish...more

Fifth Circuit Finds EEOC Did Not Have Authority to Issue 2012 Criminal History Guidance

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/9/2019

On August 6, 2019, in State of Texas v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) overstepped its limited rulemaking...more

Coffel Vending Sued by EEOC for Race Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/7/2019

Vending Servicer Denied Job to Black Applicant, Federal Agency Charges - SOUTH BEND, IND - A northern Indiana vending and coffee service provider rejected a black applicant for an open position because of his race...more

Is Artificial Intelligence Sexist and Racist?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/26/2019

Last year, Amazon scrapped its machine-learning algorithm because it discovered it had a major problem—the artificial intelligence didn’t like women. The machine-based learning tool was designed to analyze resumes and compare...more

Furniture Retailer Rooms to Go Adopts Revised Criminal Background Check Procedures In Cooperation With The EEOC

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/24/2018

Tampa, Fla. -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Rooms To Go, a larger furniture retailer, have reached a voluntary conciliation agreement to resolve allegations of race discrimination raised by an...more

EEOC Sues Staffing Solutions for Multiple Discriminatory Hiring Practices

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/18/2018

Owner Frequently Used Racial Slurs and Forced Out Manager Who Opposed Hiring Discrimination, Federal Agency Charges - BUFFALO, N.Y. - Staffing Solutions of WNY Inc., a Buffalo-based staffing company that places employees...more

Blindfolding Employers: New Laws in California Further Restrict Job Applicant Information

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 5/4/2018

The state of California has long led the nation in regulating the employment relationship. From continuously expanding the classes of employees protected under its anti-discrimination laws, to passing one of the nation’s most...more

Criminal Record Screening Policies Continue to Raise Important Compliance Issues

Littler on 4/9/2018

Employers that use criminal record screening policies must continue to be vigilant about compliance with all applicable laws. A recent settlement by one of the nation’s leading retailers, Target, reinforces this point. The...more

The EEOC Continues to Press Litigation Under Title VII Concerning Employer Criminal Records Checks

Littler on 12/22/2017

In April 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued updated “Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of...more

EEOC Sues Rosebud Restaurants for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/22/2017

Server Was Sexually Harassed and Fired After Complaining About Harassment and Racial Slurs Against African-Americans, Federal Agency Alleges - CHICAGO - Chicago company Rosebud Restaurants violated federal civil rights...more

J.B. Hunt Transport Settles EEOC Religious Discrimination Charge for $260,000

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 11/15/2016

Sikh Applicants Denied Religious Accommodation During the Hiring Process, Federal Agency Charges - LOS ANGELES - J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc., one of the largest transportation logistics companies in North America, will pay...more

Employment Law - October 2016 #2

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/26/2016

California Employers Face New Laws - Why it matters - Employers in California will be facing some new laws in the coming months as Governor Jerry Brown signed several employment-related bills on the last day of the...more

Employer Wins Dreadlocks Deadlock: Three Things To Know About Latest Court Decision

Fisher Phillips on 9/27/2016

A federal appeals court recently ruled that a woman rejected from a job because she refused to cut her dreadlocks could not proceed with a race discrimination claim against the employer. The decision highlights the...more

Eleventh Circuit: Refusal to Hire Black Applicant with Dreadlocks Did Not Violate Title VII

Saul Ewing LLP on 9/23/2016

Last week, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a decision dismissing a case filed by the EEOC on behalf of a black applicant whose employment offer was rescinded pursuant to the company’s grooming policy when she refused to cut off...more

Eleventh Circuit Declines EEOC’s Invitation To Expand Race To Include Personal Expression Or Cultural Characteristics

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/20/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: After a black woman’s employment offer was rescinded because she refused to cut off her dreadlocks in violation of a company grooming policy, the EEOC sued under Title VII for discrimination on the basis...more

School of Hard (Dread) Locks: EEOC Loses Appeal Over Hairstyle Ban

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/20/2016

Last week the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a case the EEOC filed over a job applicant’s short dreadlocks. In 2010, Chastity Jones, an African American, applied for a position with...more

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