Workplace Discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced that Wet Seal, a nationwide apparel retailer for young women, illegally discriminated against a former store manager after one of the company’s executives complained about too many black employees at the manager’s store in Pennsylvania. In making its determination, the EEOC stated that Wet Seal’s corporate managers […]

The United States Equal Employment Commission (EEOC) recently issued a “Question and Answer” regarding the application of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) to applicants or employees who experience domestic or dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Title VII prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.

The United States Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC) recently developed and approved a Strategic Enforcement Plan for fiscal years 2013-2016.   The purpose of this plan is to focus and coordinate the EEOC’s programs so as to have the greatest, most sustainable impact in reducing and deterring discriminatory practices in the workplace. In this Plan, the EEOC

In Staub v. Proctor Hospital, a decision rendered on March 1, 2011, the United States Supreme Court concluded that an employer can be held liable for the discriminatory animus of an employee who simply influenced the employment decision, even if that employee did not make the ultimate employment decision.  In this case, the fired employee

              A recent report from the EEOC shows that claims of discrimination in the workplace, whether based on gender, race or other so-called “protected classes”, soared to 99,922 in the year ended September 30, 2010.  This represents a 7.2% increase over the 93,277 claims brought in the prior year, and is the highest level of new