According to a recent analysis of executive compensation by Equilar and the Associated Press, wage equality between male and female CEOs is moving in the right direction; however, employment opportunities for female CEOs remain limited. The median compensation for a female CEO has risen 13 percent since 2014 while male...
A group of Muslim employees who worked for Ariens Co., a manufacturing company in Wisconsin that makes snow blowers and lawn tractors, recently filed a religious discrimination and retaliation complaint. According to the complaint, Muslim employees are being subject to employment discrimination and denied their right to religious accommodations at...
A researcher at the University of California Berkeley has found that sexual harassment courses aimed at preventing sexual harassment and sex and gender discrimination may actually provoke a backlash in men, making them less likely to perceive inappropriate behavior and more likely to blame victims. The researcher behind the study,...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a right to sue letter to a former Yale student who claims she was sexually harassed by a renowned professor who subsequently punished her professionally for resisting his advances. Despite complaints other students made at other universities against the Yale ethics professor,...
Lowe’s has agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle claims brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleging that the home improvement retailer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by firing employees who a took medical leaves that extended beyond the company’s maximum leave policy. Per the agreement,...
With numerous states passing laws that many find to be discriminatory to certain groups, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published a new document aimed at discouraging business owners from policies considered to be workplace discrimination. The document entitled “Preventing Discrimination is Good Business” seeks to inform employers...