When a Costco Wholesale employee in Newport News, Virginia filed an EEOC charge alleging mockery of his Arabic accent, derogatory comments and gestures making fun of his “smell,” his coworker spraying Lysol at him, and other racial harassment, COSTCO asked him to sign a company “Confidentiality” form as part of…
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Witness Files Statement Under Oath About Slurs at Patriot Contractors
A witness made a filing under oath that supports two workers’ claims in their charges against Patriot Contractors. The two workers’ Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges say that a company Superintendent used frequent slurs—including the N word and “f*ggot”—and threatened violence. Then, when a coworker—who Patriot knew was and…
A Charge of Discrimination alleges Sexual Harassment of Employees and Customers at Coach’s Flagship Store
Sexual harassment has run rampant at a Coach store in NYC, according to a Charge of Discrimination filed recently by a former employee. Tapestry, Inc. is a global fashion holding company headquartered in New York City. Its luxury brands include Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman. Tapestry’s sexual harassment policy…
Former iHeart Media Employee Alleges Racial Stereotyping and Retaliation
Employment Law Firm PC represent an account executive for iHeart Media in Harrisonburg, Virginia alleges he was subjected to racial harassment and stereotyping by his supervisor the Market President, followed by retaliation when he complained. iHeart Media is a mass media corporation, and is the nation’s largest owner of radio…
Carpenter Working on Meta Construction Project Menaced by Noose
As reported in Local Press, a Redmond, Washington-area carpenter for BNBuilders was threatened with a noose bearing his name at a Meta (formerly Facebook) worksite, after being subjected to the n-word, “jokes” about picking cotton, and other racially derogatory remarks and conduct from his supervisor and coworkers. Employment Law Firm…
ON THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF TITLE IX, THE SUPREME COURT QUIETLY GUTTED IMPORTANT REMEDIES
Passed 50 years ago in June, Title IX has had a profound and widely-recognized impact on girls’ and women’s sports. But Title IX did not only offer parity in sports. It has been instrumental in compensating victims of discrimination and harassment by teachers, coaches, professors and other students. Until now.…
University of Illinois Employees Ask Court to Grant Racial Discrimination Class Status in Move for Broad Changes
University Systematically Whitewashed Valid Harassment Complaints by Black Employees University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign employees Derick Brown, Atiba Flemons, and Jeffrey Taylor are suing the University for racial discrimination and racial harassment. Central District of Illinois, 2:19-cv-02020. They have filed a motion to certify a class of thousands of Black…
EXCEL USA Engages in Retaliatory Discharge Against Victim of Racially Hostile Work Environment according to lawsuit: WELDON MOORE v. EXCEL CONTRACTORS, LLC, d/b/a EXCEL USA, 3:21-cv-00698-JWD-RLB
Employment Law Firm PC represents Weldon Moore, an African American truck driver who worked at EXCEL USA in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. As alleged in the Amended Complaint the Superintendent of EXCEL’s operations at Louisiana Pigment plant in Lake Charles racially harassed Mr. Moore, often calling him and other African American employees…
Northeastern State University must submit to discovery in Title VII and Title IX action alleging sexual harassment
A federal judge in the Western District of Oklahoma has denied Northeastern State University’s motion to dismiss a former employee’s claims of sexual harassment and retaliation under both Title VII and Title IX, after a coworker allegedly put his hands down her pants. Deanie Hensley, the plaintiff in the action,…
A Virginia man alleges that his coworker called him “boy” numerous times and compared him to a monkey–and then handed him a bag of fried chicken as an “apology.”
Marcus Staples worked for Advanced Technology Recycling, an electronics de-manufacturing company headquartered in Pontiac, Illinois, with seven locations across the country. In Staples’ Complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, he alleges that whenever the company’s project manager was on site, he referred…