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Wal-Mart v. Dukes, 564 U.S. 338 (2011), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that a group of roughly 1.5 million women could not be certified as a valid class of plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit for employment discrimination against Walmart. Lead plaintiff Betty Dukes, a Walmart employee, and others alleged gender ...
The lawsuit also alleges they had to work much harder to be promoted, or were passed over entirely. Some women employees reported being denied promotions due to fears they might become pregnant, being reprimanded for needing to go pick up their children, and being kicked out of lactation rooms by male colleagues who wanted to meet in the room. [1]
The lawsuit González v.Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., No. 3:03-cv-02817, filed in June 2003, alleged that the nationwide retailer Abercrombie & Fitch "violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by maintaining recruiting and hiring practice that excluded minorities and women and adopting a restrictive marketing image, and other policies, which limited minority and female employment."
Eighty-six percent of surveyed women cited flexible work as the top benefit that is “very” or “somewhat” important to them, followed by health and wellness programs and mental health ...
Juarez v. AutoZone Stores, Inc., Case No. 08-CV-00417-WVG (S.D. Cal. Nov. 17, 2014), was a court case in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California which is believed to be the largest single-plaintiff employment verdict in United States history at $185,872,719.52.
A lawsuit alleging that Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School became a hostile work environment for a longtime employee with a chronic disease was dismissed after both ...
unemployment insurance benefits during pregnancy: Supreme Court of Canada: 1978 Califano v. Goldfarb: protection afforded wage earners for surviving spouses: Supreme Court of the United States: 1977 Canada (AG) v Lavell: Indian status retained or lost by Indian women marrying non-Indian men: Supreme Court of Canada: 1973 Chen-Oster v. Goldman ...
On Oct. 4, Sam Wineman filed a sensational lawsuit, detailing a hostile work environment on the set of the AMC-produced docuseries “Queer for Fear,” where he allegedly endured bullying ...