The EEOC has just announced that “In the past two months, the EEOC has had several cases involving severe racial harassment, including a $2.7 million settlement against an environmental clean-up
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Fired For Reporting Dollar Bill With Swastikas And Noose On A “Blackened” George Washington
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On April 1, 2012 we reported on a new EEOC retaliation lawsuit and said that “If you thought that ‘code words and dog whistles’ (blog of March 20, 2012…
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Death Threat By White Employees – EEOC Suit Settles for $50,000
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We can report today on the settlement of an EEOC lawsuit which we announced was filed more than a year ago. On October 2, 2012, we commented that racial…
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Lesbian Forklift Driver Wins Sexual Orientation Harassment Suit
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What does this UK case have that a similar US case does not? In the US, this plaintiff would have no federal legal right to sue for sexual orientation discrimination…
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Employer Who Permitted Nooses and “The N-Word” Gets Smacked With Three-Year EEOC Oversight And Punitive Damages
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On February 4, 2013 we published a post noting that juries do not like nooses or the N-word in the workplace. Our post commented on a North Carolina federal jury which had just awarded $200,000 …
$200,000 Jury Award: Juries Do Not Like The Use Of The N-Word or Nooses in The Workplace
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What do you need to do to wave a large red flag in front of the EEOC? Well, for one you can tolerate or ignore, or worse condone, the use of the…