Age discrimination layoff case against X granted class-action status
Judge clears path for 149 ex-Twitters over 50 to sue collectively
Legal05 Sep 2024 | 24
Discrimination
Tesla sued for 'systemic' racism at its Fremont, California plant
Campus faces yet another racial discrimination lawsuit as Clean Air Act violations claims also hit the fan
Personal Tech21 Jun 2024 | 45
IBM, Kyndryl again once sued for age discrimination – this time by its own VPs
More big blues at Big Blue ... And of course El Reg is cited in lawsuit
CxO20 Jun 2024 | 5
Wrongful termination lawsuit accuses Neuralink of Herpes B-infected monkey business
Forced to work through lunch, attacked by virus-carrying primates, and sacked for being pregnant – allegedly
Science17 Jun 2024 | 21
Meta algorithms push Black people more toward expensive universities, study finds
Special report Just as we saw with housing, Facebook giant's advertising system seems to treat Whites and POC differently
AI + ML04 Jun 2024 | 44
IBM spin-off Kyndryl accused of discriminating on basis of age, race, disability
Exclusive Five current and former employees file formal charges with US employment watchdog
CSO30 May 2024 | 18
BROADER TOPICS
Ex-IBM staff ask US Supremes for help in bringing age-discrimination battle to court
Clock is ticking, in more ways than one
On-Prem23 Jan 2024 | 13
Law designed to stop AI bias in hiring decisions is so ineffective it's slowing similar initiatives
New York’s LL144 rated too broad, but researchers hope others can learn from that mistake
AI + ML23 Jan 2024 | 5
Tech bros still cling to sexist stereotypes, forgetting female pioneers who coded their path
Research sheds light on attitudes holding industry back
Offbeat30 Oct 2023 |
It took seven years but over-40s fired by HP win $18m settlement
Minimum of $15,000 per plaintiff, after lawyers' fees. Justice is done!
Legal27 Oct 2023 | 38
Equal Employment Commission sues Tesla for racist discrimination, retaliation at Fremont plant
Like some sort of bizarro greatest hits album, the EEOC case sounds just like multiple previous suits
Legal29 Sep 2023 | 29
Now IBM sued for age discrim by its own HR veterans
Staff with short 'runways' told to take off amid shift to corporate chatbots, it's claimed
On-Prem21 Sep 2023 | 63
Uncle Sam accuses SpaceX of not considering asylees and refugees for employment
Discrimination lawsuit claims company's 'ITAR' excuse was badly wrong
Science25 Aug 2023 | 69
Workday wants racially biased recruitment algorithm claims thrown out
Case is without merit, finance and HR SaaS vendor insists
AI + ML21 Jul 2023 | 5
Let's take a look at those US Supreme Court decisions and how they will affect tech
Analysis Rulings on affirmative action and free speech may not play nicely with diversity initiatives
Personal Tech08 Jul 2023 | 115
IBMer on medical leave since 2008 sues over lack of pay rise – and loses
Inflation is eating my benefits, former systems architect told employment tribunal
On-Prem15 May 2023 |
Kyndryl, IBM sued for age discrimination by former global software director
Lawyers claim separated IT giants are reading from the same page
On-Prem13 May 2023 | 12
Tesla ordered to pay worker $3M-plus over racist treatment
Ex-employee was offered $15M by judge in 2021, but asked for a new trial instead
Legal04 Apr 2023 | 40
IBM top brass accused again of using mainframes to prop up Watson, cloud sales
Special report Securities fraud lawsuit reloaded
SaaS18 Jan 2023 | 38
I was reasonable to ask to WFH in early days of COVID, says fired engineer
Infrastructure company retorts that it is an 'essential' business and cites lack of medical records
Off-Prem17 Jan 2023 | 50
IBM shifts remaining US-based AIX dev jobs to India – source
Around 80 positions moved to another continent, Big Blue stays silent
OSes12 Jan 2023 | 36
Native Americans urge Apache Software Foundation to ditch name
Open source org called out for ignoring own code of conduct
Software11 Jan 2023 | 282
Tesla fails to push racial discrimination lawsuit into arbitration
Plaintiff was offered direct employment with an arbitration agreement, but never signed the letter
On-Prem05 Jan 2023 | 34
IT recruiter settles claims it snubbed American workers
It's a Jersey thing, and the $26,000 can be filed under business expenses
On-Prem15 Dec 2022 | 18
Iterable co-founder claims he was ousted because of racial discrimination, not LSD use
While Justin Zhu admits to micro-dosing, he alleges that his ethnicity was an issue for investors
Bootnotes29 Nov 2022 | 14
IBM manager sues for $5m claiming postnatal demotion
Congratulations on the twins! By the way, our discrimination laws are 'subject to interpretation'
On-Prem21 Nov 2022 | 15
IBM battles to settle yet more age discrimination claims
While accused of already breaking terms of an earlier deal
On-Prem04 Oct 2022 | 4
Source: IBM disguised Watson Health layoffs as a 'redeployment initiative'
Exclusive Funnily enough, most of those hit were aged over 40, it is claimed
AI + ML29 Aug 2022 | 59
Dinobabies latest: IBM settles with widow of exec who killed himself after layoff
Big Blue certainly seems blue about letting any of these claims go to trial
On-Prem16 Aug 2022 | 55
IBM settles age discrimination case that sought top execs' emails
Just days after being ordered to provide messages, Big Blue opts out of public trial
Legal27 Jun 2022 | 47
Google offers $118m to settle gender discrimination lawsuit
Don't even think about putting LaMDA on the compensation committee
Legal13 Jun 2022 | 8
IBM ordered to hand over ex-CEO emails plotting cuts in older workers
Updated Infamous 'Dinobabies' memo comes back to haunt Big Blue again
On-Prem13 Jun 2022 | 74
Salesforce faces diversity audit from activist investors
CRM slinger set to be challenged on lack of progress at investor meeting
SaaS09 Jun 2022 | 3
Google says it would release its photorealistic DALL-E 2 rival – but this AI is too prejudiced for you to use
It has this weird habit of drawing stereotyped White people, team admit
AI + ML24 May 2022 | 23
IBM not cooperating with discovery, say attorneys in age-discrimination case
Big Blue contends it should not be forced to reveal more than law requires
Legal14 Apr 2022 | 26
Sealed, confidential IBM files in age-discrimination case now public to all
Big Blue efforts to protect sensitive docs thwarted by mass of litigants
On-Prem24 Mar 2022 | 79
IBM cannot kill this age-discrimination lawsuit linked to CEO
Scientist's claim that Arvind Krishna unfairly had him axed found plausible enough for trial hearing
Systems25 Feb 2022 | 47
IBM HR chief insists 'no systemic age discrimination'
Analysis Memo responds to lawsuit brought by wife of exec who killed himself after layoff
On-Prem15 Feb 2022 | 22
IBM looked to reinvigorate its 'dated maternal workforce'
Updated Court docs reveal older IBMers were labeled 'dinobabies', plus plan to make them 'extinct'
Legal14 Feb 2022 | 94
California files appeal in latest bid to intervene in Activision Blizzard's $18m discrimination lawsuit settlement
Super Cali goes ballistic, this deal is atrocious
Personal Tech11 Jan 2022 | 10
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