For many Massachusetts employers, caregivers remain invisible, even though one in six people in the workforce are caregivers at any given time. Because of a fear that it will impact their job or career, more than 50% of caregivers do not report their family challenges...
A state agency in New York has filed an administrative complaint against Amazon, alleging the e-commerce giant discriminated against pregnant and disabled workers by denying reasonable accommodations and forcing them to take unpaid leave, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced...
The RREMC, LLC, doing business as Denny’s Restaurant, a Florida-based company and the third-largest Denny’s franchisee in the United States, has agreed to pay $45,000 to settle a national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) each released a technical assistance document about disability discrimination when employers use artificial intelligence (AI) and other software tools to make employment...
A wave of pandemic-related early retirements may be about to reverse itself. Instead of older Americans and Massachusetts residents fleeing the labor force, more are expected to participate in it over the coming years. The Bureau of Labor Statistics expects nearly 40%...
Black doctors nationwide say they face discrimination in racially hostile work environments, ranging from micro-aggression to unfair disciplinary actions, the Associated Press reports. “We have scores of doctors that are sending us letters about these same...
LinkedIn has agreed to pay $1.8 million to nearly 700 female workers in California after the Department of Labor alleged that they were subjected to "systemic, gender-based pay discrimination." Women working at the online-networking company in engineering and...
Here is a list of racial discrimination cases filed against major corporations: BMW has to pay up $1.6 million to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit filed in June 2013, AP reports. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hit BMW with a lawsuit, claiming...
As the push to return to the office continues, many workers have started to panic as going back to headquarters threatens a new way of life they've grown accustomed to over the past two years. This poses even greater challenges to individuals with disabilities, who...
Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance paid about $2.7 billion in unemployment benefits to 719,000 beneficiaries who were later found to have been overpaid or ineligible for the benefit, according to a report. Governor Charlie Baker's administration...