Gender Discrimination

By Brian Bakst ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Friendly arguments aren't hard to find in a barbershop, but try cutting in on a hallowed symbol -- that red, white and blue pole -- and it may be time to hide the scissors. ...

By Samantha Henry NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Female sales representatives for Quest Diagnostics filed a $100 million federal lawsuit Thursday against the diagnostic testing company, accusing it of gender discrimination. The suit was brought in U.S. District Court in Newark by sales managers Erin Beery in ...

Wal-Mart discriminated against female employees in its 451 Texas stores, according to a class action lawsuit filed Friday. Four months ago, the Supreme Court threw out a nationwide class action suit against the world's largest retailer, on the grounds that all of the store's 1.5 million female employees were ...

Accounting firm KPMG stripped $20,000 from the salary of Donna Kassman, a senior manager, after she went on maternity leave. When Kassman asked her supervisor how to get it back, he told her that she didn't need the money. After all, she had a "nice engagement ring." We'll see if the argument stands up in ...

Studies have shown that most Americans believe career opportunities for men and women are equal in this country. Still, statistics clearly show that women earn less than men, are underrepresented at the highest levels of many fields, and face other gender barriers -- such as bias against working mothers, and ...

There's been lots of hoopla over the Wal-Mart v. Dukes class action case that the Supreme Court just decided. You may have heard how the decision was a serious blow to class action discrimination cases. Maybe you're worried about your own discrimination case and have some concerns that the Supreme Court ...

It's going to take a lot more than aspirin to make this $100 million lawsuit headache go away. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals was just been hit with a class action complaint citing a pattern and practice of discrimination in pay, promotions, and the treatment of pregnant women and mothers. The complaint, ...

A meat packing company in Green Bay, Wis., has been ordered to pay $1.65 million in back wages, interest and benefits to 970 women who were subjected to systemic discrimination. Although no complaints were filed by the women themselves, the U.S. Labor Department said it discovered the problem during routine ...

Male attorney Ariel Ayanna Ariel Ahas sued his former employer, law firm Dechert, for its alleged "macho culture." This is yet one more employment lawsuit against brand law firms, in which discrimination has been claimed. Previously, African-American Jacki Nelson sued Jones Day for allegedly being laid off ...