If you’re a doctor, nurse, dentist, or physician assistant in Texas, chances are you’ve heard of — or even signed — a non-compete agreement. These are contracts that try to limit where you can work after you leave a job. Employers often use them to keep patients from following a departing provider to a new
A dental company has agreed to pay $61,000 to settle a claim brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission because it refused to grant a religious accommodation requested by an employee. The worker, who sought to wear a scrub skirt instead of pants due to her faith, was denied and later fired when she
Cristina Balan, a former Tesla engineer, is asking a San Francisco court to reopen her defamation case against Tesla, claiming the private arbitrator who ruled against her was unfairly biased in the company’s favor. Balan alleges the arbitrator, Richard McAdams, dismissed her complaint in 2021 on a technicality—that it was filed too late—after Tesla argued
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Mayo Clinic, alleging that the organization violated federal civil rights law by denying a security guard’s request for a religious exemption from its mandatory COVID‑19 vaccination policy. In late 2021, Mayo required all employees to be vaccinated unless they qualified for medical or religious exemptions. The guard—who
A federal court has ordered Workday, a major HR software company, to turn over a list of all employers that used its HiredScore AI tool to screen job applicants. The order comes as part of a lawsuit claiming that Workday’s AI system discriminated against older job seekers by automatically rejecting qualified applicants over 40 years
After four years of procedural twists, motions to dismiss, and reconsiderations, a former employee of Dave Ramsey’s company, The Lampo Group (also known as Ramsey Solutions), will finally have her day in court. Caitlin O’Connor’s religious discrimination claims—once dismissed—have been revived by a federal judge in Tennessee. Her story illustrates not only the complexity of
This weekend marks a pair of defining anniversaries in the long and unfinished arc of civil rights law in the United States. Seventy-one years ago today, on May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court issued its unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, holding that state-sanctioned segregation in public schools violated the Equal
In recent years, the massage therapy industry has faced intense scrutiny due to a surge in sexual assault allegations against therapists, particularly within franchised establishments like Massage Envy. These incidents not only highlight individual misconduct but also raise critical questions about corporate responsibility and the legal avenues available to survivors seeking justice.The Legal Landscape: Franchisor
The emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. A story of courage and perseverance, the film highlights the determined people who literally put their bodies on the line to achieve their goal and change the lives
A federal judge recently ruled that a lawsuit against Liberty University, filed by a former employee who alleges discrimination based on her transgender identity, can proceed. This case is a critical development for LGBTQ+ workers, reinforcing that religious employers cannot always use faith-based defenses to justify discriminatory actions.What Happened?Ellenor Zinski, a former IT Helpdesk employee