An African- American female executive of behemoth real estate company Cushman & Wakefield has filed suit claiming race and gender discrimination. In the suit, Plaintiff Nicole Urquhart- Bradley, alleges that she was used as merely a “face for workplace diversity,” but often faced unequal treatment to that of her counterparts. After working for Cushman for… Read more »
PHILADELPHIA, PA—The world’s favorite… or at least the most popular coffee chain, Starbucks is back in the news for discriminating against its customers. Apparently, even after closing all of its U.S. stores on May 29, 2018, for racial bias training, after one of their employees in April called the police on two black men who… Read more »
Product Technician allege Discrimination and Wrongful Termination Texas – Lance McCullough, product technician, filed a discrimination lawsuit against Aaron’s Inc., Georgia Company, for allegedly breaching the Texas Labor Code. The discrimination lawsuit was filed in the Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas on August 16th. Discrimination under several protected classes including, race, gender,… Read more »
White Patients viewed as Primary Patients Philadelphia – A discrimination lawsuit was filed against Advanced Urgent Care in the U.S District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of an African American medical assistant, Nafisah Williams, who experienced race discrimination in the workplace. Advanced Urgent Care runs seven urgent care centers in Pennsylvania…. Read more »
Students battle Sexual Assault at School New York City – Sexual violence has become a major issue in NYC public schools. The NYC Department of Education received three different complaints in regards to sexual assault and sexual harassment. Students allege that reporting the misconduct has led to academic retaliation as oppose to the proper guidance… Read more »
Zillow displays Workplace Misconduct and Solutions California – Zillow, real estate online, faced multiple lawsuits filed in 2014 on the basis of sexual harassment and discrimination. According to a report received by the Orange County Register, Zillow was also hit with a class action suit for allegedly “ failing to pay employees overtime” at the… Read more »
It turns out that big brother is watching in more ways than one. What many would have assumed to be the government eye solely looking out for criminal activity is now the eye of incorporating ways into the prevention of unfair practices. One of those unfair practices is wage discrimination. The federal government is seeking… Read more »
Mexican author, Don Miguel Ruiz said “Let’s stop believing that our differences make us superior or inferior to one another.” I, as an employment discrimination attorney, aim to live my own work and personal life by respectfully adhering to those words; however, there are many workers and employers who choose not to. Fortunately, there are state… Read more »
