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 »
Is there a difference between Race & Color Discrimination? Discrimination based on one’s skin color or race is a very common form of workplace discrimination. Both types of discrimination are illegal and employees that are subjected to such unlawful comments or conduct are protected by various federal, state, and city laws. Under both Title VII… 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 »
Chicago Judge resigns amidst sexual harassment investigation Chicago, IL – Former Judge, Rafael Ovalles has issued his letter of resignation, effective October 31, amidst claims of sexual harassment while on the job. A litany of former court clerks, attorneys and investigators testified at Ovalles’ hearing in front of the Commission on Judicial Tenure and Discipline…. 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 »
Religious Discrimination: The “Fight” Against Mandatory Flu Vaccines Judge Max Cogburn Jr., a North Carolina federal judge, is allowing an interesting religious discrimination case to continue to trial. The case involved Mission Hospital Inc., a hospital that discriminated against three workers by firing them after denying them religious exemptions from its flu shot. On August… Read more »
