A Washington, D.C., salon owner has agreed to a $7 million settlement in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by one of his employees. The suit, filed by Jennifer Thong against Andre Chreky, alleges “rough-hewn sexual advances and retaliation when those advances were rebuffed.” The advances include attempts at forced intercourse…
The Fulton County Daily Report (7/30, Palmer) reports, “Lawyers watching a sexual harassment case that tested the limits of acceptable workplace behavior won’t get to hear what the full 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals thinks of the matter. The case against Home Depot, heard in a rare en banc…
Two former female employees of the hedge fund Titan Capital have filed a sexual discrimination suit against the fund’s president and other top officials. Danielle Pecile and Cristina Culicea claim in their suit that they were “repeatedly hit on, cursed at and called names like ‘idiot’ by the defendants.” Pecile…
The AP (7/13) reported, “A Latino civil rights organization sued an international gym chain, accusing 24 Hour Fitness of racial and gender discrimination against its workers in California. The lawsuit filed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and a law firm claimed that black, Latino, Asian and…
The AP (7/14) reported, “Novartis will pay up to $152.5 million to potentially thousands of women after a jury found it discriminated against them by paying them less than men, the pharmaceutical company and plaintiffs’ lawyers announced Wednesday after a deal was struck. The agreement, which still must be approved…
A discrimination lawsuit has been filed against Comcast by a former employee who claims that, upon his transfer to the Naples, Fla., office in 2006, he was discriminated against because he is African-American. Timothy Morrison, who worked for Comcast for 10 years, claims that his bosses in the Naples office…
A former FedEx employee who was awarded damages in a sexual harassment lawsuit against the company will now be able to seek full punitive damages, a federal appeals court ruled. Charlotte Boswell was awarded $300,000 for lost earnings, $250,000 for emotional distress and $2.45 million in punitive damages for the…
An Atlanta homebuilder has agreed to a $378,500 settlement in a lawsuit that accused the company of racial discrimination. The lawsuit claimed that John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods Inc. intentionally steered African-American sales agents to lower-priced subdivisions, which prevented them from earning similar commissions as their white counterparts in higher-cost…
The city of Fresno, Calif., has reached a $3.35 million settlement with a local woman who claims she was forced out of the Fresno Fire Department’s training academy because of her gender. Michelle Maher stated in her lawsuit that she was set up to fail by fire training academy supervisors…
A $125,000 settlement has been reached in a discrimination lawsuit against a Kansas-based staffing company. The lawsuit was filed against the Spencer Reed Group, LLC, by a 55-year-old white employee who claimed that she was subjected to harsher working conditions because of her age and race. She claimed that she…