Two lead plaintiffs won’t get any money from a recent $62 million settlement to a case alleging discrimination in the Road Home program to help people rebuild after the hurricanes of 2005. The Times-Picayune reports that Almarie Ford and Edward …
Verizon will pay $20 million to resolve a lawsuit over its treatment of disabled employees who missed work as a result of their disabilities. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the settlement Wednesday. In the lawsuit filed in Maryland, …
Former Charlestown parks and recreation director Lisa DiBello has announced plans to sue the town over her firing last year. DiBello, who filed a discrimination claim with the Commission for Human Rights in March, alleges that her termination was retaliation …
A black deputy fire chief in St. Louis has won $350,000 in a racial discrimination lawsuit. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a St. Louis jury Friday awarded Charles Coyle $300,000 for actual damages in the lawsuit in which Coyle …
Former Wal-Mart Stores Inc warehouse workers of Cuban origin may pursue a lawsuit accusing the world’s largest retailer of discrimination, and of firing them when they complained about their treatment. Monday’s ruling by a federal judge in Chicago came as …
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc, which has fired roughly 500 undocumented workers as a result of immigration audits, was sued by a customer who alleged one of its restaurants rejected his Mexican passport as proof of age when he tried to …
A federal anti-discrimination agency says a psychiatric in-patient treatment center has agreed to pay $87,500 to settle a lawsuit claiming retaliation was the motive for firing four employees. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission announced the …
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon spoke out Monday against legislation that would make it harder for employees to prove they were fired because of discrimination. In a statement, the governor condemned a measure given final approval earlier this month by the …
A more than $300,000 settlement has been proposed for seven black firefighters in Houston who claimed racial discrimination. The measure was scheduled to go before the Houston City Council on Mar. 23. The Houston Chronicle reports seven firefighters passed exams …