A life insurance company based in Little Rock, Arkansas, will pay $90,000 to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit, federal officials say. According
LOS ANGELES San Francisco-based Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company will pay $725,000 and furnish other relief to settle a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal.
DaVita Healthcare Sued for Pregnancy Discrimination, Particularly During COVID-19
May 13, 2021
On Wednesday, a mother of two filed a complaint against DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc. and DaVita, Inc. (collectively, DaVita) in the Southern District of New York, alleging that DaVita discriminated against the plaintiff “on the basis of gender, pregnancy status and caregiver status,” in which the plaintiff’s pregnancy and status as a mother allegedly led “to pretextual disciplinary action and her eventual termination.”
The plaintiff claimed that she has exhausted her administrative remedies by timely filed a Charge of Discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission with claims under Title VII and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.
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EEOC Urges 5th Circ. To Jumpstart Worker s Retaliation Suit
Law360 (May 13, 2021, 5:02 PM EDT) The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told the Fifth Circuit that a district court judge was wrong to put the kibosh on a construction worker s retaliation suit, saying the appeals court had relied on faulty precedent that was at odds with the nation s highest court.
In its Wednesday amicus brief, the EEOC said the district court shouldn t have relied on an unpublished 2015 Fifth Circuit decision, Jackson v. Honeywell International Inc., which found that written warnings weren t considered adverse employment actions under Title VII if the warning was warranted and the employee was able to continue their protected activity.