Financial giant JPMorgan has agreed to pay $5 Million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that its parental leave policy discriminated against its male employees. While not the first settlement of its kind, this...
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Category: Discrimination
Microsoft’s action plan to address workplace investigations into complaints of harassment and discrimination was announced on April 15 after reports of employee concerns surfaced in the public. Microsoft’s response follows the similar pattern we have...
Last month, in two separate opinions, the Missouri Supreme Court took another step towards expanding the protections of the Missouri Human Rights Act (“MHRA”) to LGBTQ individuals. First, in Lampley v. Missouri Commission on Human...
On March 12, 2019, Uber settled a class-action lawsuit filed by a group of ride-service drivers for $20 million. The lawsuit, filed in 2013, alleged Uber misclassified its drivers as independent contractors to avoid paying...