The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued a labor recruitment company, accusing them of unfair and illegal treatment of workers recruited from Asia. According to Reuters, the EEOC said that all workers from around the world working in the U.S....
Month: April 2011
Transgender man files discrimination lawsuit against former employer
A transgender man has filed a lawsuit against his former employer, claiming he was fired based on gender discrimination in what may be the first case in the U.S. where a transgender person has claimed discrimination in the workplace based on birth gender. A...
Winklevosses want to keep fighting Facebook settlement
Previous posts have covered the ongoing litigation between Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and three men and former Harvard colleagues who claim he stole their idea for an online social networking site. Twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, along with Divya...
Wal-Mart settles EEOC ethnic discrimination lawsuit
Wal-Mart Stores Inc is the world's largest retailer. The company seems to face constant ongoing commercial litigation involving various issues at varying degrees of complexity. As the world's largest private employer, Wal-Mart also faces many employment lawsuits,...
Litigation has come to an end in Facebook-ConnectU dispute
A federal appeals court this week ruled that litigation against Facebook by three former Harvard colleagues who claim Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea for a social networking site must come to an end. Twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and Divya Narenda settled their...
More class actions could result from new ADA regulations
The Americans with Disabilities Act was expanded in 2008 with amendments that were added in order to overturn U.S. Supreme Court decisions that interpreted the ADA narrowly. The final version of the expanded ADA was made final at the end of March with interpretations...
Justices may favor Wal-Mart in sex discrimination case
The U.S. Supreme Court justices are currently considering a case with important implications for future class-action lawsuits claiming discriminatory practices by employers. As discussed in an earlier post, the justices heard arguments regarding whether a lawsuit...
Wal-Mart OSHA fine upheld, businesses to adopt new safety measures
Wal-Mart has been fighting a fine that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued to the company for the death of an employee who was trampled by a crowd at a Thanksgiving weekend sale in 2008. OSHA said that Wal-Mart did not do enough to ensure...