On July 27, 2018, the SLS South Beach hotel on Miami Beach, Florida agreed to a $2.5 million settlement with 17 of its former Haitian employees. These employees worked at the hotel’s restaurants, including Hyde Beach, The Bazaar by Jose Andrés, and Katsuya. Back in 2014, the employees accused the hotel of firing Haitians for… Read more »
NEW YORK, NY – Amidst the outrage over the Harvey Weinstein allegations women have felt empowered to come forward to take a stand against sexual harassment in the workplace, leading to an influx in sexual harassment cases being filed in Federal, State and local courts. Derek T. Smith, Esq., Founding Partner of the Derek Smith… Read more »
1st Openly Transgender State Legislator! RICHMOND, VIRGINIA – Congratulations to Virginia’s first openly transgender elected official! Virginia House of Delegates candidate Danica Roem, a Democrat, has defeated longtime Incumbent Robert Marshall, a Republican. According to LGBT advocate groups, Roem, 33 years old, is also the United States first openly transgender person to be elected and seated… Read more »
A Fearless Girl slapped Wall Street bank with Gender discrimination New York, NY – State Street Corp, the corporation that backed the installation of Wall Street’s newest icon, the “Fearless Girl” statue has recently settled a gender discrimination law suit for around $5 million dollars. State Street, an asset management firm with roughly $2.56 trillion… Read more »
Gucci $10M Sexual Harassment Suit Chicago, IL – The Ex-Gucci sales associate at the Gucci flagship in downtown Chicago took her allegations to the EEOC claiming that a manager at the luxury fashion house sexually harassed her. On September 29, 2017, Chanel Falasco, the plaintiff in the case, explained in an Illinois federal court for hostile… Read more »
NYPD Fails to Promote Black Officers New York, NY – The New York Police Department is being sued for racial discrimination, again. According to the suit filed by three former employees, the NYPD has a been sued for failing to promote well qualified African American employees to their Intelligence Division, the unit primarily tasked with… Read more »
A very Publix religious discrimination suit LAKELAND, KY – The Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) has filed a case in federal court against Publix, a popular southern grocer. The suit alleges that the prominent grocery chain discriminated against its employees on the basis of their religion. According to the suit filed by the EEOC this… Read more »
TALLAHASSEE, FL – What-A-Burger, the famous southern burger chain, is currently facing a lawsuit alleging that it encouraged a store manager to discriminate against certain applicants on the basis of their race. Discriminating in hiring policies is a gross violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII prohibits employers from… Read more »
“Sieg Heil-lsboro” Mayor calls for race war Hillsboro, OH – The Mayor of Hillsboro, a small town outside of Cincinnati is in hot water for stroking the fires of a race war. The small-town Ohio mayor has made racially charged comments to his social media page stating “When are people going to figure out that… Read more »
Discrimination at Rowan College at Burlington County? Pemberton, NJ – Rowan College at Burlington County has removed president Paul Drayton Jr. from his post and launched an internal investigation into a discrimination allegation filed by an employee. Rowan College at Burlington County, formerly known as Burlington County College, is an accredited, co-educational, two-year, public, community college located… Read more »
