August 16, 2024
Royal Bank of Canada’s former CFO Nadine Ahn has filed a wrongful-termination lawsuit against the bank, and alleged that “gender-based stereotyping” was at play in her dismissal. In April, RBC, Canada’s biggest bank, said it had terminated Ahn after its …
March 30, 2023
LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) – A former Swiss Re underwriter, who last year won a sex and maternity discrimination and unfair dismissal case, is seeking 5.1 million pounds ($6.3 million) in compensation and told a London court she wants to …
December 29, 2021
LOS ANGELES (AP)–Riot Games, the publisher behind esports giant “League of Legends,” agreed Monday night to pay $100 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging pay disparity, gender discrimination and sexual harassment. The lawsuit was filed in November 2018 after …
August 10, 2021
Brown University was sued by four current and former students who claim the Ivy League school consistently downplayed complaints about “endemic” sexual violence on campus. Citing a 2019 survey showing over a quarter of Brown women had experienced non-consensual sexual …
November 13, 2020
Parents who’ve lost their jobs during the pandemic are driving a surge of litigation, alleging their employers discriminated against them for taking care of their kids when schools closed. Since March, working parents have filed at least 40 lawsuits accusing …
December 18, 2019
An associate producer on the CBS current affairs TV show “60 Minutes” filed a lawsuit on Tuesday alleging gender discrimination and retaliation by the company after she complained about inappropriate conduct by her boss. In the complaint, filed in New …
January 11, 2016
A new rule in Washington state created by the Washington State Human Rights Commission requires buildings open to the public to allow transgender people to use restrooms and locker rooms of the gender they identify with, officials said Tuesday. The …
November 17, 2015
As the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission continues its aggressive enforcement against all forms of workplace harassment, a recent study suggests employment practices litigation is on the rise. A new study of employee charge trends by global specialty insurer Hiscox found …
April 30, 2014
Jury selection began this week in the trial of a case brought by the former top ranking woman executive at Anheuser-Busch, who accuses the bear maker of wage discrimination for paying her less than half the base salary of her …
August 21, 2013
A judge has dismissed part of a discrimination lawsuit by a former York, Neb., firefighter and paramedic who was fired after breaking her foot, but found sufficient evidence that the city treated her less favorably than it had a male …