Tag Archives: ACLU

Bank settles $5 million parental leave discrimination lawsuit

By Saima Sheikh on June 10, 2019 Posted in Discrimination

In a follow-up to our August 2018 blog post regarding a $1.1 million class settlement of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) first parental leave lawsuit against a large cosmetics company, a large financial institution has just agreed to pay $5 million to settle a class action parental leave lawsuit brought by the American Civil … Continue Reading

Transgender Issues in the Law and in the Workplace

By Fanny Ferdman and Amanda Van Hoose Garofalo on September 21, 2016 Posted in Discrimination

UPDATE: On Friday, October 28, 2016, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the Fourth Circuit case arising out of Virginia, which was discussed in our Sept. 21, 2016 blog post. The Fourth Circuit case related to a high school student’s ability to use the bathroom of the sex with which he identifies. In August, the Court also … Continue Reading