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☆ Walmart was ordered to pay $420,000 after firing a worker with Down syndrome. It tried to get a fresh trial, but just had that request denied.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A judge ordered Walmart to pay the worker $420,000 and rehire her, citing disability discrimination. Walmart requested a new trial, but that request has now been denied. In March, Walmart was also ordered to pay Spaeth a further $119,660, including back pay, and to rehire her. "Wal-Mart failed to accommodate Ms. Spaeth, unlawfully disciplined her, terminated her employment, and failed to rehire her," the EEOC wrote. William C. Griesbach, district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, denied Walmart's request for a new trial and to remit damages on Monday.

☆ Getting laid off? Know your rights
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The abrupt and unceremonious way that thousands of Twitter employees got laid off last week was a spectacle. But it was also a helpful reminder that while employers can get rid of many workers at will (and with zero graciousness), employees are not without rights when they are laid off en masse. Technically you will remain on the company’s payroll and will continue to receive pay and benefits in the interim, and then any severance you’re given would kick in. A second reason many offer severance: “Good will and fairness to the employees and to the community as a whole. Or, if you just have some very simple questions, some employment lawyers might offer a free consultation by phone.

☆ Kroger to pay $180K after firing workers who refused to wear logo allegedly resembling Pride flag
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Zachary Schermele | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Judge Lee Rudofsky, a district court judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas and a Donald Trump appointee, signed off on the settlement, which was reached after years of litigation. As part of the settlement, Kroger will pay the two employees more than $70,000 each in back pay, which is part of the overall $180,000 settlement. Court documents state that in late April 2019, the Conway store started requiring some of its employees to wear a new uniform adorned with a rainbow-colored heart. United States District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Central Division. After refusing to wear the uniforms for weeks, or trying to cover up the rainbow logo, court documents state, Rickerd and Lawson were fired in late May and early June, respectively.

☆ An Equinox sales manager got treated to an Angels game for 'a job well done' after emailing his team a racist, misogynistic meme, lawsuit claims
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A sales manager at an Equinox gym shared a racist pornographic meme at work, a former employee said. As September drew to a close, a sales manager at an Equinox gym in Irvine, California, emailed his supervisors and colleagues about their monthly sales targets. The email, according to a new discrimination lawsuit against the luxury fitness chain, contained a meme with a pornographic image. Varga and Torrao are still employed at Equinox, Piccolo's attorney Michael Willemin, a partner at Wigdor LLP, told Insider. Equinox representative Bank did not respond to an inquiry about whether Varga and Torrao had been disciplined over the email.

☆ Eli Lilly sued for age discrimination by U.S. agency EEOC
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterFILE PHOTO: An Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical manufacturing plant is pictured at 50 ImClone Drive in Branchburg, New Jersey, March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File PhotoSept 26 (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co was sued on Monday by the U.S. According to the EEOC, Fry suggested that the lack of millennials was a problem, and the Indianapolis-based company would target 40% "Early Career" hiring. The lawsuit filed in Indianapolis federal court accused Lilly of violating the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The case is EEOC v Lilly USA LLC, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, No.

☆ Walmart hit with lawsuit, accused of firing a Florida mom who claims managers harassed her and denied lactation accommodations
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-14 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Her request for accommodations were denied by Walmart, according to the lawsuit. Another woman filed a similar suit against Walmart in February. But it claims she began getting "harassed" by her managers after giving birth in 2020, the Miami Herald reports. After submitting a request for pregnancy-related accommodations via a doctor's note, she was denied and told Walmart "does not accept doctor's notes," the lawsuit says. The Defuniak Springs Walmart was subject to another EEOC lawsuit in 2021 after the store was accused of continuing to allow a male employee to "sexually harass at least three female employees."

[1/2] A man walks towards the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, U.S. June 22, 2018. Tesla in a filing in state court in Oakland on Monday also revealed that it is separately being investigated by the U.S. The state agency last month lost a bid to block an $18 million settlement between the EEOC and Activision Blizzard Inc (ATVI.O) in a sex discrimination case. The state agency in its lawsuit accused Tesla of fostering a "racially segregated workplace" at its Fremont, California plant where Black workers were subjected to racial slurs and discriminated against in job assignments, discipline and pay. read moreA federal judge in California last week awarded $15 million to a former Tesla elevator operator in a race bias case.

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