By Steve Kardell | Published January 12, 2023 | Posted in Employee Rights | Tagged Tags: hostile work environment, Racial discrimination, racial slur |
Fourth Circuit Reminds Employers that Non-Employees May Cause a Hostile Work Environment
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently reminded employers that non-employees can cause a hostile work environment. Employers are responsible for ensuring that neither employees nor non-employees subject an employee to harassment. Case background In Chapman v. Oakland Living Center, Inc., the plaintiff sued her employer for allowing the employer’s six-year-old grandson Read More
Read MoreEngineer Accuses Former Employer of Factoring Race into COVID Remote Work Policy
A Chinese American engineer, who was fired for refusing to come into the office during the COVID-19 pandemic, has amended his ongoing lawsuit to include claims the former company allowed white employees to work remotely. Case background The plaintiff, a Chinese American engineer working at CGIT Systems Inc. in 2020, accused the company of firing Read More
Read MoreConstruction Employees Accuse Contractor of Racial Bias in Firings
Three Black former employees at a bridge construction company have appealed the verdict in their discrimination suit to the Eleventh Circuit, claiming their employer paid them less that white coworkers, unfairly held them to higher standards and subsequently fired them. Case background The former employees worked at Morris-Shea Bridge Co., a bridge construction company. They Read More
Read MoreMuslim Man’s Workplace Abuse Suit Against New Jersey Atlantic Health System Moves Forward
Atlantic Health Systems Inc. can’t avoid a workplace abuse suit filed by an Indian Muslim man, a New Jersey federal judge determined. Maqsood Thange alleged that Atlantic and one of its supervisors created a hostile workplace environment through discriminatory comments. Case background The case originally included additional claims against a temporary staffing agency, Oxford Global Read More
Read MoreMcDonald’s Will Pay Black Franchisee $33.5 Million to Settle Racial Bias Claim
McDonald’s must pay $33.5 million to a black man who owns multiple franchises of the fast food restaurant to settle a lawsuit he filed against the company in which he alleged racial discrimination. Herb Washington, a former baseball player, owned more than a dozen McDonald’s franchises across Ohio and Pennsylvania. Case background In February 2021, Read More
Read MoreJury Issues $11 Million Award to IBM Manager who was Fired After Reporting Bias
A federal jury in Washington state recently awarded $11 million to an IBM manager who was fired after complaining about racial discrimination. Scott Kingston, the manager in question, was retaliated against after he spoke up about concerns regarding a black sales representative who he believed to have been denied sales commissions he had earned. According Read More
Read MoreFormer Infosys Executive Accuses Company of Racial Bias in Favor of Indian Employees
A former executive at Indian software company Infosys accused the company of racial discrimination in its hiring and promotion practices, saying the company favors Indian employees over people of other backgrounds. Erin Green, who is white, worked at the company’s Texas office from October 2011 to July 2016. He claims his former employer has given Read More
Read MoreWells Fargo Pays $35 Million to Settle Racial Bias Lawsuit
Earlier this year, Wells Fargo agreed to pay $35 million to more than 500 African-American employees to settle a lawsuit that alleged the large bank routinely favored its white employees. In the lawsuit, six black brokers from Wells Fargo alleged the bank regularly showed a nationwide pattern of racial discrimination. They say that black employees Read More
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