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The EEOC filed suit recently in the United Stated District Court for the Southern District of Texas alleging that an employer discriminated against non-Hispanic applicants by requiring that they be Spanish-speaking.  See EEOC v. Champion Fiberglass, Inc., Civil Action No. 4:17-cv-2226.  A copy of the Complaint can be viewed here. The EEOC alleges…

On March 10, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital held that sexual orientation discrimination is not actionable under Title VII.

In Evans, the plaintiff was a security officer at Georgia Regional Hospital.  During her employment, the plaintiff claimed she was discriminated on the basis of…

A Louisiana federal district court granted a company’s motion for summary judgment regarding a former employee’s Title VII race discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims.  Cassimere v. Fastorq LLC. Plaintiff, an African-American male, alleged that during his employment, he was, among other things, issued disciplinary write-ups while non-African American employees were not and that the …

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently issued updated guidance regarding national origin discrimination for the first time since 2002.  The new guidance defines national origin discrimination as “discrimination because an individual (or his or her ancestors) is from a certain place or has the physical, cultural, or linguistic characteristics of a particular national origin group.” …

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently rejected a claim that applicants  can sue for disparate impact under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).  Villarreal v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al., 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 18074 (Oct. 5, 2016).

The plaintiff alleged that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company’s recruiting …

On September 22, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it settled a federal sex-based pay discrimination lawsuit with oil company Santmyer Oil operating as SOCI Petroleum, Inc. (“SOCI”) for $50,000.  The EEOC had filed the lawsuit in September 2015 on behalf of Lori Bowersock alleging that the company violated the Equal Pay…