Browse the headlines about DEI-training backlash lawsuits and they usually go one way: a white employee gets offended and sues over it. This one, initiated by the EEOC, ain’t that at all. TL;DR: The EEOC has sued a St. Louis university, alleging it retaliated against a Black senior program manager
Workplace profanity was business as usual, right up until it accompanied a complaint about racism. TL;DR: An employee used repeated profanity while complaining to his supervisor about alleged race discrimination. The employer fired him eight days later, but a federal appeals court revived his Section 1981 retaliation claim because a
A judge joked about his female employee’s sexuality and kept a mug decorated with cartoon genitalia in his own courtroom. The same judge required her to burn a full day of sick leave every time she needed an hour off for a medical appointment. A federal appeals court still ruled
