Gender discrimination masked by “old boy” stereotypes –

While sex sells, now more than ever,  sex discrimination also lives on too well according to the EEOC.  It received a $ 500,000 jury verdict in a case under Title VII about sex discrimination in promotion policies in which less qualified men were consistently promoted over a very well qualified woman. *  Our firm recently […]

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Court Tosses EEOC Expert in Disparate Impact Discrimination Case

When a federal court dismissed a disparate impact discrimination case,  the EEOC got egg on its cheeks. A large percentage of the discrimination cases we see involve disparate treatment – good old-fashioned, intentional discrimination.  More subtle and with wider impact is discrimination based on disparate impact.  Disparate impact discrimination involves employment practices that are unintentional […]

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