Employee can sue over discriminatory severance terms 
Published: March 20, 2012
Tags: disparate treatment, sex discrimination, Title VII
A plaintiff could maintain a Title VII sex discrimination claim based on an allegation that she received a less favorable severance package than her male colleagues, the 4th Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Employer can be sued for requiring gynecological exam
Published: December 12, 2011
Tags: independent medical exam, Labor-Management Relations Act, retaliation, sex discrimination
An employer engaged in sex discrimination when it conditioned a female truck driver’s continued employment on her undergoing an independent medical examination for a gynecological condition, Maryland’s highest court has ruled in affirming a $645,000 jury verdict.
Food company to pay $2.25 million to settle sex discrimination suit
Published: September 21, 2011
Tags: gender discrimination, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, sex discrimination
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has said that Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. has agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle sex discrimination allegations at four of its plants.
Back pay improperly denied in Title VII case
Published: July 25, 2011
Tags: back pay, sex discrimination, Title VII
An employment discrimination plaintiff should not have been denied back pay on the basis that she was “made whole” by a jury’s award of compensatory damages, the 2nd Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Title VII damages cap applies ‘per party’
Published: July 13, 2011
Tags: damages cap, sex discrimination, Title VII
A sex discrimination plaintiff’s $3.5 million jury award was subject to a single $200,000 damages cap – regardless of the number of separate claims in her case, the 5th Circuit has ruled.
Title VII plaintiff entitled to higher damages cap
Published: July 5, 2011
Tags: damages caps, sex discrimination, Title VII
The damages awarded to a victim of intentional sex discrimination were subject to the higher damages cap applicable to large employers in Title VII cases, the 1st Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Pharmacy chain to pay $55,000 to settle bias case
Published: June 2, 2011
Tags: California, race discrimination, sex discrimination
The new owners of Longs Drugs have agreed to pay $55,000 to settle a claim of race and sex discrimination by a woman who worked as a product buyer at Longs’ headquarters in Antioch, Calif. the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said.
Car dealership settles discrimination lawsuit
Published: May 17, 2011
Tags: age discrimination, civil rights, sex discrimination, Wyoming
A former employee of White’s Mountain Motors LLC and the Casper, Wyo. dealership have settled a federal sex and age discrimination lawsuit, according to court documents.
Labor Dept. adds two protected categories to employment policy
Published: May 6, 2011
Tags: Department of Labor, DOL, harassment, sex discrimination
The U.S. Department of Labor has added two protected categories to its equal employment statement.
Class action filed against Deere & Co. for gender discrimination
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: March 22, 2011
Tags: class action, Discrimination, sex discrimination
A Northern California woman has filed a class action charging that Deere & Co. and its landscaping division discriminate against women who seek entry level customer service, sales and shipping and receiving positions.
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