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10th Circuit warns employers against discriminatory DEI programming
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The federal appeals court based in Denver sent up a warning flare to employers on Monday that diversity, equity and inclusion efforts can cross the line into illegal workplace discrimination, deeming certain race-conscious programming “troubling” and the product of “ideological messaging.” At the same time, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
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10th Circuit warns employers against discriminatory DEI programming
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The federal appeals court based in Denver sent up a warning flare to employers on Monday that diversity, equity and inclusion efforts can cross the line into illegal workplace discrimination, deeming certain race-conscious programming “troubling” and the product of “ideological messaging.” At the same time, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
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10th Circuit warns employers against discriminatory DEI programming
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The federal appeals court based in Denver sent up a warning flare to employers on Monday that diversity, equity and inclusion efforts can cross the line into illegal workplace discrimination, deeming certain race-conscious programming “troubling” and the product of “ideological messaging.” At the same time, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
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10th Circuit agrees ex-DPS employee failed to prove retaliatory firing
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The federal appeals court based in Colorado agreed last month that a former Denver Public Schools employee failed to show how her termination was connected to her act of speaking out against racial discrimination. Barbara Lindsay worked at Emily Griffith Technical College and participated in the 2019 hiring process for a new school director. She…
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Jury to decide ex-Weld County schools superintendent’s retaliation claim
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A jury will decide whether Weld County School District RE-5J unlawfully retaliated against its former superintendent because she stood up against multiple incidents of racism, sexism and homophobia involving one of the district’s principals. U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang denied the district’s request to resolve the case in its favor without a trial, writing in…
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Jury to decide Black employee’s discrimination claim against state
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A jury will decide whether a state employee was subjected to racial discrimination when she was repeatedly passed over for promotions for reasons a federal judge deemed “incredible” and “flat out wrong.” Deanna Butler, who has worked for the government for 30 years, filed suit against the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment based…
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10th Circuit finds no discrimination against Denver postal worker
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A Denver employee of the U.S. Postal Service failed to show her employer retaliated, discriminated against her or otherwise refused to accommodate her disability, the federal appeals court based in Colorado ruled last month. Melissa M. Goodson held a variety of jobs within the Postal Service since 1997. After she suffered an on-the-job injury in…
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10th Circuit agrees Facebook photos, not discrimination, the cause of Denver employee’s firing
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A former custodian for the City and County of Denver failed to show that race was the reason for her firing, rather than her misleading representation of herself online as a police officer, the federal appeals court based in Colorado ruled on Wednesday. Denver terminated Emina Gerovic, a white woman from Bosnia-Herzegovina, in November 2017. She alleged…
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Appeals court finds no discrimination in Denver prosecutor’s removal of Black woman from jury
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday deemed it a “close” call, but ultimately decided Denver prosecutors had not removed a Black, presumably Muslim woman from a jury in violation of the longstanding prohibition on purposeful discrimination. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals noted that Juror L was a Black woman who wore a head…
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Judge dismisses retaliation, hostile work environment claims of Black Agriculture Department employee
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A federal judge has agreed with the U.S. Department of Agriculture that a Black employee failed to show how a series of workplace grievances amounted to illegal retaliation or a hostile work environment based on his race or disability. However, the lawsuit from Kenith DeLesline will continue on his last remaining claim: that the USDA failed…
