Vigilant Blog

Multiple incidents of sexual harassment by one male employee toward another in the workplace led to a $300,000 verdict against their employer. First, the male plaintiff in the case saw the perpetrator come up behind a male coworker and grab his rear end. Then the perpetrator turned his attention to the plaintiff, slapping him on…

A case against Boeing alleging inflammatory, harassing comments against an Egyptian-born Muslim employee will move forward to trial in Washington. The employee alleges that a Boeing supervisor denied him a temporary promotion because of his race, and that various managers and coworkers made racist and derogatory comments to him about his race, national origin, and…

Title VII requires the EEOC to use “conference, conciliation, and persuasion.” The Court ruled  that the EEOC “must tell the employer about the claim—essentially, what practice has harmed which person or class—and must provide the employer with an opportunity to discuss the matter in an effort to achieve voluntary compliance.” The negotiations don’t have to…

A supervisor’s sexually suggestive comments and acts toward three female employees who all asked him to stop resulted in a jury award of punitive and compensatory damages of $1.5 million. A federal appeals court agreed that the employer should be held liable with no opportunity for a defense, since the supervisor also was involved in…

The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) announced it reached a $2.4 million settlement with Daimler Trucks North America. The settlement  included six employees who filed civil rights complaints alleging race discrimination. Five other employees withdrew complaints, stating they will go to court.  The Labor Commissioner’s Complaint, filed on behalf of the people of…