Anti-criminal hiring policies could spur bias suits 
Published: March 23, 2012
Tags: criminal background checks, E-RACE, EEOC, Employment Law, hiring practices, racial discrimination
WASHINGTON – For employers, policies that forbid the hiring of convicted felons may seem like a very good, common-sense idea, especially for companies in the hospitality industry or any other trade involving frequent contact with customers.
But under an initiative from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission designed to root out race-based systemic hiring practices, blanket policies against hiring applicants with criminal histories could land employers in hot water.
EQUAL PROTECTION 
Published: February 22, 2012
Tags: college admissions, diversity, racial discrimination, U.S. Supreme Court
Does the University of Texas’ admissions policy that considers race as one of many factors in admitting students to the state college violate the Equal Protection Clause?
See “Supreme Court to revisit diversity in admissions college admissions”
U.S. Supreme Court. Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, No. 11-345. Certiorari granted: Feb. 21, 2012. Ruling below: 631 F.3d 213 (5th Cir. 2011).
Supreme Court to revisit diversity in college admissions 
Published: February 22, 2012
Tags: college admissions, diversity, racial discrimination, U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the University of Texas’ admissions program that considers race as one of many factors is constitutional.
County told to pay $7.6 million for hospital retaliation 
Published: December 15, 2011
Tags: gender discrimination, hospital, Illinois, racial discrimination, retaliation
Cook County, Ill. and its former chairman of pathology have been told to pay a physician $7.6 million for retaliating against her after she filed a federal lawsuit claiming racial and gender discrimination.
District settles racial discrimination suit for $450,000 
Published: November 3, 2011
Tags: Illinois, racial discrimination, school
A lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against Peoria, Ill. District 150 filed nearly two years ago has been settled for a sum of $450,000.
Man awarded $1 million in discrimination suit against life insurance company 
Published: November 2, 2011
Tags: Discrimination, Michigan, racial discrimination, reverse discrimination
A 45-year-old Laingsburg man was awarded more than $1 million after winning a reverse discrimination lawsuit against Jackson National Life Insurance Co.
Trucking firm sued for discrimination 
Published: October 17, 2011
Tags: California, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, racial discrimination, racial harassment
A California-based trucking firm operating in 11 Western states is being sued for discrimination and harassment of nonwhite employees, mostly drivers.
City and two women settle discrimination case dating to 1990s 
Published: October 14, 2011
Tags: Massachusetts, racial discrimination
The city of Cambridge, Ma. and two women have announced they have settled a workplace- discrimination case that began in the late 1990s, a long-running battle that already has cost the city millions of dollars in a related case.
Two pathologists agree to settle racial discrimination case 
Published: September 2, 2011
Tags: civil rights, Indiana, racial discrimination
Two forensic pathologists who accused former Marion County, Ind. Coroner Kenneth Ackles of racism have accepted a $630,000 settlement offer from the city.
Firefighters discrimination lawsuit settled 
Published: August 18, 2011
Tags: class action, firefighters, Illinois, racial discrimination
A federal judge has ordered the City of Chicago to hire more than 100 African-Americans as firefighters, and pay thousands of others cash payments, as part of a settlement.
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