A former Blackberry employee in California is suing the company’s new CEO John Giamatteo for sexual harassment and retaliation. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, allleges Giametteo harassed the employee in 2021 and...
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Former San Diego State employee sues university for racial, religious discrimination
Recently, a former San Diego State University employee sued the school for employment discrimination based on her race and religion. The plaintiff worked for SDSU for about five years, during which she alleges she was subjected to illegal comments about being a...
Tesla Faces Another Racial Harassment Lawsuit Involving Assault at a California Plant
Tesla is facing another lawsuit alleging racial harassment at one of its California plants. The suit was filed by Kaylen Barker, a Black lesbian woman and former employee at Tesla's factory in Lathrop, California, where Barker inspected brakes. She says she was...
Google Facing Allegations Of Mistreatment Of Black Women Workers
It's no secret that women and people of color continue to face barriers in the tech industry. Alphabet Inc – better known as Google – has recently drawn scrutiny for alleged mistreatment of Black women employees. According to a recent Reuters report, the California...
Tesla to pay $137 million to a former contractor for racial harassment
Earlier this month, a federal jury told Tesla to pay a former Black contractor, Owen Diaz, $137 million for racial harassment. $6.9 million of the award is for emotional distress, and $130 million is for punitive damages. One of Diaz’s lawyers, Larry Organ, said he...
What Does the “Silenced No More Act” Mean for California Workers?
Earlier this month, SB 331, more popularly known as the “Silenced No More Act,” passed the California state legislature. The bill will now proceed to Governor Gavin Newsom to be signed into law. If signed, the law will go into effect at the beginning of 2022,...
Allred, Maroko & Goldberg Applauds the Passage of the Anti-Asian Hate Crime Bill
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community has experienced a dramatic surge in harassment and violence. The Atlanta shootings that claimed the lives of eight individuals (six of whom were Asian women) at Asian-owned...
Racial Discrimination Remains A Concern At Major American Companies
Throughout the United States, federal law prohibits workplace discrimination based on an employee’s race or characteristics associated with their race. However, we continue to see instances of racial discrimination throughout all stages in the employment cycle such as...
One in four black/Hispanic workers report suffering workplace discrimination in the last year
The Gallop Center on Black Voices polled more than 8,000 employees to identify which race/ethnicity is suffering from the highest rates of workplace discrimination. Surveyed employees were a mix of black, white, and Hispanic workers, who fell across a wide age,...
Umpire sues Major League Baseball for racial discrimination
As with any employer, sports organizations have a duty to provide an environment free from any form of racial discrimination. Athletes, officials, other employees and patrons should be able to enjoy the sport itself, free from mistreatment based on race, ethnicity or...