11 results for 'cat:"Employment Discrimination" AND cat:"Class Action"'.
J. Davila dismisses all class employment claims against Amazon from employees who say that the company's "productivity policies," which track the productivity of warehouse workers and helps the company assign productivity scores based on their performance, violate California's Fair Employment and Housing Act by unfairly targeting female employees. The claims are "insufficiently general" and don't point to a specific element or rule within the productivity policies that is discriminatory. The employees are given leave to amend to add that missing specificity.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Davila, Filed On: January 30, 2024, Case #: 5:22cv6397, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment Discrimination, class Action
J. Otake denies class certification to former and current Hawaiian Airlines employees who were not granted medical or religious accommodation from the airline’s Covid-19 vaccination policy. Based on the wide range of how the airline determined their accommodation status, including variations of exact job positions and work locations, evidence for potential class members would not be the same and would still require individualized assessments.
Court: USDC Hawaii, Judge: Otake, Filed On: December 11, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv532, NOS: Civil Rights - Habeas Corpus, Categories: Covid-19, employment Discrimination, class Action
J. Jacobs finds that the district court improperly denied vacatur and amendment on dismissed class employment discrimination claims concerning past felony convictions that disproportionately impact Black applicants. The court improperly dismissed the claims as untimely on grounds that plaintiffs pleaded insufficient supporting data because "granular statistical comparators" were not required at the pleading stage in disparate-impact claims. Reversed.
Court: 2nd Circuit, Judge: Jacobs, Filed On: December 8, 2023, Case #: 22-4, Categories: employment Discrimination, class Action
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J. Gwin grants the employer's motion to dismiss, ruling current employees initially denied religious exemptions to the Covid-19 vaccine mandate lack standing because they were granted exemptions before the suit was filed and, therefore, have not shown the threat of an imminent injury. Meanwhile, those former employees who claim they were constructively discharged after initially being denied exemptions also lack standing because they have not shown disparate treatment or disciplinary actions taken because of their religious beliefs, but rather, they left voluntarily before the adjudication of their requests for exemptions.
Court: USDC Northern District of Ohio, Judge: Gwin, Filed On: July 12, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv2154, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Covid-19, employment Discrimination, class Action
J. Rice partially grants class certification for the package driver's claim that UPS did not comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act when it did not compensate his short-term leaves, which he took as part of his obligations to the Army Reserve. The driver sufficiently identifies common questions of law and fact involving himself and other package drivers, such as how non-military leave is not comparable to military leave under USERRA for those who require it.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Washington, Judge: Rice, Filed On: July 5, 2023, Case #: 2:21cv114, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment Discrimination, Military, class Action
J. Kennelly denies a group of Black former Chicago city workers’ motion to certify a class. The workers, all formerly employees of the City of Chicago Department of Water Management, claim they were subject to the department’s widespread culture of racism and sexism. However, the court opines that the workers’ allegations and reported individual experiences are too diverse to qualify as a coherent class with claims in common. The court similarly finds that the workers have not shown that their employers acted in an organized way to mete out racist treatment.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kennelly, Filed On: June 6, 2023, Case #: 1:17cv4858, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment Discrimination, class Action, Employment Retaliation