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Former Amazon Warehouse Workers Say Pregnant Staff Were Denied Chairs and Penalized for Hospital Visits in New Lawsuit

Four former Amazon warehouse workers allege that pregnant staff were denied chairs and breaks. Amazon denies it. What the law requires and why it matters.

Medical Daily

Pregnant Amazon workers forced to stand and denied hospital breaks, lawsuit claims

A group of former Amazon warehouse employees is suing the company for systemically discriminating against pregnant workers

The Independent UK

Amazon Sued for Allegedly Denying Pregnant Workers Bathroom Breaks and Firing Them Over Time Off

Amazon is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly denying pregnant employees basic accommodations, violating federal and New York labour laws.

International Business Times UK

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Amazon faces class action alleging widespread discrimination against pregnant workers

Amazon faces a nationwide class action lawsuit alleging discrimination against pregnant workers. The suit claims the company denied basic accommodations and fired employees for taking time off. One plaintiff was fired after a hospitalization for a pregnancy-related emergency. Amazon states it provides accommodations to tens of thousands of employees annually.…

The Economic Times

‘Figure that out’: After 300 applications and no replies, Canadian man uses an indian-sounding Name. Then employers immediately respond

When genuine frustration is weaponized.

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US Christian Employers Accused of Trans Discrimination Can No Longer Be Investigated by EEOC

A permanent EEOC settlement with the Christian Employers Alliance limits enforcement of gender identity-related charges, raising concerns about future workplace discrimination protections.

International Business Times UK

This data has helped fight workplace discrimination for 60 years. The Trump administration plans to delete it

Enforcing civil rights without these reports will be difficult for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, pushing US agency closer to Trump’s agenda, experts warn

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Cisco probably violated Middle Eastern and Muslim employees’ civil rights, US agency finds

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finds ‘reasonable cause to believe’ tech firm subjected workers who spoke up about Palestine to hostile work environment

The Guardian - US

Man Always Parks His Mercedes Far Away From The Office Parking Lot. Then He Reveals Why

“...look at my DoorDash receipt."

Motor1

US civil rights agency denies issuing order halting all federal class discrimination complaints

A civil rights agency accused of halting a sexual harassment case of behalf female prison guards is now blaming an administrative judge for doing so in error

The Independent UK

Lawsuit claims US civil rights agency has halted all federal-sector class complaints

A labor union and two female prison employees filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing a U.S. civil rights agency of unlawfully halting their sexual harassment case as part of wider order to indefinitely suspend proceedings in all federal-sector class claims

The Independent UK

The US agency that fights workplace discrimination just voted to stop measuring it

Republicans have moved to dismantle a 60-year-old demographic reporting system. Now the agency wants to choose what it sees

The Guardian - US

Trump Administration Drops Demand for List of Jewish Employees at University of Pennsylvania

The EEOC had sought names and information of employees affiliated with Jewish organizations to identify potential witnesses or victims of antisemitism following Hamas' attack on Israel in 2023

Latin Times

US civil rights agency moves to end demographic data collection after 60 years

The Trump administration is seeking to toss aside a 60-year-old requirement for tens of thousands of private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports each year to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination laws in the workplace

The Independent UK

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Reason

Court Affirms Rejection of Allegedly Anti-Zionist Professors' Claims That University Should Have Stopped Jewish Professors from Filing Religious Discrimination Complaints Against Them

From Lax v. CUNY, decided in 2024 by N.Y. trial court judge Gina Abadi, and just affirmed Wednesday in a… The post Court Affirms Rejection of Allegedly Anti-Zionist Professors' Claims That University Should Have Stopped Jewish Professors from Filing Religious Discrimination Complaints Against Them appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Muslim College Instructor's First Amendment Retaliation / Title VII Claim Can Go Forward

From Judge Donald Middlebrooks (S.D. Fla.) in Ahmed v. Dist. Bd. of Trs. for Indian River State Coll., decided June… The post Muslim College Instructor's First Amendment Retaliation / Title VII Claim Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

DOJ Says Equal Opportunity Officials Pressured Employers Into Race-Based Discrimination

A new Office of Legal Counsel opinion says disparate impact rules pushed employers to treat workers as members of racial groups rather than individuals.

The Guardian - US

Justice department says it will investigate MLB amid Pride hats controversy

The league was referred to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for possible religious discrimination

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Judge tosses lawsuit challenging civil rights agency's pullback on transgender workplace protections

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission unlawfully refuses to enforce protections for transgender workers

Reason

Office of Legal Counsel Concludes That Disparate Impact Liability Under Title VII Is Unconstitutional

Two decades after Justice Scalia's Ricci concurrence, the "war between disparate impact and equal protection will be waged" very soon.

The Guardian - US

‘We were attacked as bad Jews’: Columbia faculty who supported Gaza protests file claims with Trump’s antisemitism fund

Faculty who support Palestinian rights are applying for compensation, claiming they faced harassment as Jews for their positions

Fortune

The EEOC chair knows gutting diversity reporting will blind the agency to discrimination. She's doing it anyway.

In April, Andrea Lucas told Harvard students that demographic data collection is sometimes necessary. A month later, her agency proposed to stop the reports.

Fortune

A CEO fired all of HR, and the EEOC is suing the NYT

Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow and EEOC chair Andrea Lucas took the stage at the Fortune Workplace Innovation Summit with polarizing positions.

Fortune

Trump's EEOC chair is suing The New York Times because 'we should bring it on behalf of white workers too'

"I think it's important for us to bring cases on behalf of the full rainbow of workers that come before us," Andrea Lucas told Fortune.

The Independent UK

Chick-fil-A franchise operator faces federal lawsuit over claims it refused to accommodate employee’s religious beliefs

An Austin-based restaurant refused an employee’s request not to work on Saturdays in observance of the Sabbath and fired her instead, the lawsuit claims

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