We have written before about the EEOC’s announced intent, as per its Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP”), to protect “vulnerable” workers. We said on June 5, 2014: “‘The most vulnerable
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Racial Slurs And Nooses Brings Forth Another EEOC Lawsuit
The EEOC has just sued a major transportation and distribution services provider from New Jersey for harassment based on race and national origin under Title VII.
This comes after a
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The “N-Word” – Three New EEOC Lawsuits
Just when we thought that maybe the N-word — just maybe — had been consigned to the dustbin of employment law history, three new EEOC lawsuits were filed this week
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Court: “One Utterance Of The N-Word” Not Severe Enough For Hostile Workplace
Last June a federal court held that the single use of the “N-word” was not enough to create a hostile workplace. This is not the first court to so hold
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Guernsey: Race Discrimination Laws “Years Away” Because of “Priorities”
Yesterday we wrote about the new race discrimination law in the Channel Island of Jersey. Today, we note a report from the BBC News Guernsey that the Channel Island of
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“And Don’t Call Me Bean!”
Comes now a newly effective law in the Channel Island of Jersey – the first anti-discrimination law there and 13 years in the making. It only covers race for now,
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Tick Tock: Have You Filed Your EEO-1 Report Yet?
Private employers with 100 or more employees must file an EEO-1 Report each year. This year’s deadline for filing is September 30, 2014.
The preferred method for completing the EEO-1
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Fired For Not Being “Black Enough”?
“Not black enough?” Yes, this was the basis of the discrimination claim raised by a self-described “bi-racial” former employee of Nova Scotia’s Black Educators Association. She alleged that she was
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EEOC Sues NYC Pawn Shop Owner For Sexual and Racial Harassment Of “Vulnerable” Workers
Reuters reported yesterday that the EEOC has just sued a pawn shop chain in Brooklyn and Queens (that’s NYC), owned by a convicted fence known as “Fat Frank.” The EEOC
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Five NYC Employment Agencies Settle State Discrimination Charges
Sounding like our old friends at the EEOC, the New York Attorney General just announced a settlement with five New York City employment agencies relating to, among other things, allegations
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