Even law firms get sued for discrimination once in a while, but you would expect lawyers to be smart enough not to serve Big Red and fried chicken to black employees in celebration of Juneteenth. Talk about stereotyping!!
Sadly that is just what has happened to Dallas law firm Eberstein & Witherite (Better known as
Who, What, Why . . .
Who does it apply to: All employers that use criminal backgroundchecks to evaluate applicants or employees.
What is the issue: Blacks and Hispanic people are statistically more likely to be arrested and convicted of crimes than whites. As a consequence, employers who make a blanket rule that any person
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Augusta National Golf Club has admitted two women as members: financier Darla Moore and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
I don’t know much about golf, but I do know that Augusta National is hallowed ground in the minds of most golfers. As an employment lawyer, I also
Everything is bigger in Texas. Darn right. Well, maybe this is one distinction Texas businesses could have done without. In recently released EEOC complaint results for 2011, Texas ranked first. One in ten complaints across the US were filed in Texas. Of those claims filed in Texas, race charges came in first, followed by
The EEOC announced today that Pepsi Beverages has agreed to a settlement of $3.1 million to resolve a claim by black prospective employees. Between 2006 and 2010, Pepsi excluded from any consideration for employment any applicant who had been arrested or convicted of a crime, including minor offenses (not sure how minor).
The EEOC