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Employment Law
February 23, 2015
Austin firefighters, city agree on resolution to change hiring process

After the firefighters’ union in Austin seemed to have won an impasse with the city over new terms for a hiring process and cadet training standards, a Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney issued a letter threatening that the resolution may send the DOJ back to court. Subsequently, the union issued an amended resolution, KXAN reported on February 5. […]

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Gender Discrimination
January 28, 2015
Transgender woman files discrimination lawsuit against Saks Fifth Ave.

A transgender woman in Houston is filing a lawsuit against Saks Fifth Ave. for discrimination and wrongful termination, according to an article by nydailynews.com. Leyth Jamal said that her employer refused to use her preferred pronouns, forced her to wear men’s clothes and use the men’s restroom. She was also harassed and threatened with violence […]

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Sexual harassment
January 19, 2015
Sexual harassment suit filed by Austin detective against the city

Detective Brenda Bermudez of the Austin Police Department in Texas recently filed a lawsuit against the city after claiming that her co-police officers and the department treated her unfairly in the workplace, KVUE reported on December 31. Bermudez stated that her co-workers retaliated against her and provided a hostile working environment after she reported sexual harassment performed by her […]

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Gender Discrimination
December 22, 2014
Female Hispanic manager sued MLB for discrimination

Forty-eight-year-old Sylvia Lind, the highest-ranking Hispanic woman in a management position at Major League Baseball, said in a lawsuit she filed against the organization on December 11 that she has faced discrimination in the league for over two decades, the Associated Press reported. According to the lawsuit, Lind, who is currently the MLB’s director of […]

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Gender Discrimination
December 15, 2014
Female bosses face greater stress than male counterparts

A new study entitled, “Gender, Job Authority, and Depression,” which will be published in the December issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, revealed that women who work in higher authority posts are more prone to exhibiting signs of depression than their male counterparts. Co-written by Tetyana Pudrovska and Amelia Karraker, sociologist from the […]

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Discrimination
November 25, 2014
Federal judge approves discrimination decree in Austin

Federal Judge Lee Yeakel recently resolved discrimination investigations beginning in April 2013 by signing a decree between the City of Austin in Texas and the Department of Justice concerning the state fire department’s hiring procedures, KXAN reported on November 7. Results from the investigation prompted Yeakel to agree that discrimination was present in the hiring […]

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Employment Law
November 7, 2014
AT&T dealer violated employees’ wage rights

The United States Department of Labor reported on October 23 that AT&T Prime Communications, an authorized dealer for AT&T wireless communication plans and products, must pay $122,254 in back wages to roughly 255 former and current employees after the Labor department investigated it for alleged wage violations. According to the department, the company violated wage regulations […]

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Discrimination
October 16, 2014
Supreme Court to hear Abercrombie & Fitch religious discrimination case

The United States Supreme Court will be hearing a religious discrimination case against retailer Abercrombie & Fitch next term, Texas Public Radio reported on October 2. According to Bloomberg, 17-year-old Samantha Elauf applied for a sales job at an Abercrombie store in 2008. Although the assistant manager scored her style points high enough to be […]

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Discrimination
October 6, 2014
Cher’s backup dancers file lawsuit citing wrongful termination

Choreographer Kevin Wilson, along with backup dancers Suzanne Easter and Jacquelyn Dowsett Ballinger, filed a wrongful termination lawsuit on September 18 against 68-year-old singer and actress Cherilyn “Cher” Sarkisian due to alleged racial and age discrimination, the Associated Press reported. Wilson and Easter believe that race was a factor in their dismissal, while Ballinger, 42, […]

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Discrimination
September 23, 2014
Culinaire International forced to pay in discrimination case

Dallas-based catering service Culinaire International has reached a settlement with the United States Department of Justice and agreed to pay $26,460 for allegedly discriminating against employees based on citizenship status, an article on Justice News Flash reported on September 3. According to a report by The Daily Caller, Culinaire International allegedly mandated employees to produce additional, unnecessary proof […]

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