Case: Discrimination/Hostile Work Environment (5th Cir.)

The Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment on Title VII discrimination claims but reversed dismissal of a Vietnamese ...

Volvo Fights Off Fired Autistic Christian Worker’s Bias Lawsuit

Volvo Group North America LLC defeated a lawsuit alleging a former employee faced religious and disability discrimination, ...
Law

Who Knew—and When? $1.6M Hostile-Work Environment Verdict Tossed

The Appellate Division overturned a municipality's $1.6 million verdict against a municipality. Claims based on a mental health-related disability were improperly awarded based on events occurring ...
JD Supra

Implicit bias training created hostile environment, court finds

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently ruled that mandatory anti-bias training can support a claim for a racially hostile work environment if it repeatedly portrays a specific race ...
JD Supra

Can DEI Training Create a Hostile Environment?

The Second Circuit’s recent reversal of summary judgment, reviving a claim by a Caucasian educator that mandatory DEI training created a hostile work environment at the New York City Department of ...
HR Dive

Same-race bias, unbalanced DEI training: 4 lessons from recent Title VII cases

During last week’s National Employment Law Institute briefing, attorneys touched on how employers have messed up — or been ...
Reason

First Amendment Limits on Workplace Harassment Liability, in Claim of Anti-Semitic Harassment at CUNY Hunter College Following October 7 Attacks

I've long been interested in what limits the First Amendment imposes on "hostile work environment harassment" law (as well as the similar rules as to education, public accommodation, and housing); I ...
Reason

Title VI Hostile Environment Law in the Shadow of Antisemitic Violence

My latest article, Title VI Hostile Environment Law in the Shadow of Antisemitic Violence, forthcoming in the Journal of Free Speech Law, is now available to download. The article is forty pages long, ...
Inside Higher Ed

DOJ Sues UC System, Alleging ‘Hostile Work Environment’ for Jews at UCLA

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The Justice Department sued the University of California system Tuesday, alleging it has tolerated ...
Law

Court: Single Use of Racial Slur Enough to Create Hostile Work Environment

At issue in the case of Daniel v. T&M Protection Resources, Case No. 15-560 (2d Cir. April 25), was whether a single, offensive comment was sufficient to overcome summary judgment on the plaintiff's ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

BUSINESS LAW: Hostile work environment

In order to establish her claims of a sexual based hostile work environment by non-supervisory co-workers, a female employee needs to show that she was subjected to unwelcome sexual harassment and ...
FOX 26 Houston on MSNOpinion

Fighting against hostile work environments: Human resources vs personal attorneys

A recent study suggests some workers are turning to personal attorneys to deal with hostile work environments.