Starbucks agreed to pay Florida $1 million and cease using race- and sex-based goals, quotas, and preferences in employment practices companywide, settling a civil rights lawsuit filed by the state's attorney general in December alleging discriminatory hiring practices.
The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division secured a $3.2 million settlement with OpenAI OpCo LLC and its subsidiary Statsig Inc. over allegations they violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by discriminating against U.S. workers in favor of temporary visa holders during recruitment for positions tied to permanent residency sponsorship.
A group of U.S. federal employees, supported by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, filed a class-action lawsuit in Washington, D.C. federal court on Monday challenging the Trump administration's ban on health insurance coverage for gender-affirming care under federal employee health plans. The lawsuit alleges the policy violates federal prohibitions on sex discrimination.
A major federal labor union filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has illegally stopped processing class action-style discrimination complaints filed by federal employees.
