U.S District Court Judge Susan Illston approved on Tuesday the settlement of a class action lawsuit, Gonzalez v. Abercrombie & Fitch, requires the retail clothing giant to pay $40 million dollars to Latino, African American, Asian American and women applicants and employees who charged the company with discrimination.
The settlement also requires the company to institute […]

Abercrombie & Fitch has agreed to pay nearly $50 million to settle charges that its hiring and employment practices discriminate against Latino, Asian American and African American applicants and employees, the clothing retailer disclosed Tuesday in a quarterly S.E.C. filings report.
The plaintiffs were represented by MALDEF ( Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund), the […]

United Parcel Service Inc. discriminates against employees who take certain prescription drugs, a former UPS package sorter said in a lawsuit filed against the shipping company.
Darlene E. Veltri, a 17-year UPS employee, said she was fired in January 2003 after a company drug test discovered traces of the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in her system. Veltri, […]

A federal judge on Tuesday approved a class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart that accuses the world’s largest retailer of discriminating against its female employees in promotions, pay and job assignments.
U.S. District Court Judge Martin Jenkins ruled that six current and former Wal-Mart employees from California may represent all female employees of Wal-Mart who worked at […]