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HHS Environmental, LLC (“HHS”), a company that provides janitorial and other services to hospitals throughout the country, agreed to pay $400k [...]
Shana Scantlin worked in a city’s public works department, supervised by Jeffrey Brenaman. She quit after about 18 months, and sued the [...]
United Airlines (“United”) recently agreed to pay $99k to settle claims that a former employee at Denver International Airport was subjected [...]
In February, 2025, a coalition of 16 state Attorneys General issued a Multi-State Guidance Concerning Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Employment [...]
In fiscal year 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) received 88,531 charges of discrimination, up 9.2% from the previous [...]
On January 1, 2025, California became the first state to ban intersectional discrimination. What’s that? State and federal cases and the [...]
In October 2024, LM Wind Power, Inc., a company that makes wind turbine blades, agreed to pay $125k to settle a [...]
Marlean Ames is a heterosexual woman. During her first 10 years on the job, she received various promotions, moving from executive [...]
Pilot Air Freight, LLC, an international freight shipping and logistics company in Atlanta, has agreed to pay $400k to settle a [...]
One day, while at work at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, Saras Larkin told her Black co-worker, Twanda Bailey, that [...]