A 56-year-old Philadelphia resident has filed a pre-employment discrimination lawsuit against SEPTA after his offer of employment was rescinded following a criminal background check. The job applicant was working as a school bus driver when he applied for a job with SEPTA. According to his claim, SEPTA violated federal employment...
General Mills must defend itself against new allegations of age discrimination, following a recent complaint filed by 29 former employees in Minnesota federal court. Each was terminated in 2014 and 2015 at a time when General Mills was undergoing a multiyear corporate restructuring. The plaintiffs claim that employees age 40...
Many individuals, groups and corporations have spoken out in opposition to North Carolina’s outrageous, discriminatory “bathroom bill.” The controversial law, known as House Bill 2 (HB2) or the “Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act,” is arguably the most anti-LGBT legislation in the country. In addition to the detrimental effects this...
At the time the lawsuit was initially filed in 2012, the 800 field employees of Mavis Discount Tire, Inc. were male with the exception of one female. According to the suit, 1,300 men were hired in field positions by Mavis between 2008 and 2010. The sole female field employee was...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit handed down a favorable decision Tuesday for a Virginia teenager who has taken the fight against transgender discrimination in his high school to federal court. The plaintiff, a 16-year-old high school junior at Gloucester High School in Gloucester County, VA, was...
The term “whistleblower” is often heard on the news and can include a very large variety of factors in both the public and private realm. A general definition of a whistleblower is someone who speaks out against a perceived wrongdoing. Employees are often retaliated against by their employer when they...