The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced last week that it has settled a sexual harassment and constructive discharge lawsuit the day before the case was set to be presented to a jury. The suit was brought by the EEOC on behalf of Misty Kratky, the only female employee at Hobson Air Conditioning, [...]

Last week, a group of 19 women filed suit against Chicago-based Irish pub and restaurant Tilted Kilt and its Arizona parent company for sexual harassment, retaliation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. In June 2011, the women filed two separate charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and on February 8, 2012 they filed [...]

In dismissing a lawsuit filed in United States District Court in Houston, Texas by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of an employee fired for requesting space to pumping breast milk at work, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes held that Title VII provisions barring pregnancy and childbirth related discrimination in the workplace do [...]

The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced in a press release last week that the Commission had obtained a federal jury verdict in the amount of $51,700 in back pay, compensatory and punitive damages.  The EEOC prosecuted the suit on behalf of four family members who were fired for resisting sexual harassment at [...]

In late January, Yale University publicly released a report on student and faculty sexual harassment complaints filed between July and December of 2011.  The report comes amidst an ongoing Department of Education (DOE) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) investigation into Yale administration’s possible mishandling of sexual harassment, assault and gender discrimination grievances.  Tasked with examining violations [...]