National Origin Discrimination

The EEOC has recently filed an action in the Western District of Wisconsin entitled EEOC v. Baumann Farms, LLP alleging that the employer has an “English-only policy that discriminates against
Continue Reading A Reminder to Review your Company’s English-only Policy

Earlier this month, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a proposal to update its guidance on employment discrimination based on national origin.   The proposal, which marks the EEOC’s
Continue Reading EEOC Proposes Updated Guidance on National Origin Discrimination

The EEOC has announced that it has sued a West Virginia mining company for national origin discrimination.  The company allegedly knew that its supervisory and non-supervisory personnel were regularly subjecting
Continue Reading Harassing Ethnic Comments To Employee Of Polish Ancestry Incurs Wrath Of EEOC

The EEOC just announced the commencement of a new national origin lawsuit against a Green Bay manufacturer for allegedly firing Hmong and Hispanic employees “based on 10-minute observations that marked
Continue Reading Discrimination Based Upon The “Linguistic Characteristics” Of A National Origin Group

10028116_sThree Bengali-speaking Muslim restaurant kitchen employees in Toronto who were mocked and reprimanded for speaking Bengali, subjected to comments about “cleaning Bengali sh-t from the kitchen,” forced to eat pork
Continue Reading No “Cleaning Bengali Sh-t From The Kitchen”: Ontario Tribunal Finds For Bengali Workers