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If you believe you’ve been subjected to employment discrimination, knowing your rights is the crucial first step toward justice. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the federal agency responsible for enforcing various federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee based on various protected characteristics. Importantly,…

Read More Know Your Rights: A Guide to Filing a Complaint with the EEOC
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In Fernandez v. American Sugar Refining, Inc., 2025 WL 2294879 (E.D.La. Aug. 8, 2025), the court, inter alia, discussed and applied the “administrative exhaustion” requirement applicable to claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Initially, the court held that plaintiff did not administratively exhaust the sex-based discrimination claim: Defendant contends…

Read More Hostile Work Environment, But Not Sex Discrimination, Claim Survives Dismissal Based on “Administrative Exhaustion” at the EEOC
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In Bolton v. General Motors, 2024 WL 4707965 (N.D.Ind. Nov. 6, 2024), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s Title VII hostile work environment claim, on the ground that plaintiff did not “administratively exhaust” that claim at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). From the decision: Bolton checked the box for discrimination based on race and…

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Today the Supreme Court, in an opinion delivered by Justice Ginsburg, Ford Bend County, Texas v. Davis, No. 18-525, held that the EEOC charge-filing requirement, embodied in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, is not “jurisdictional” (and thus does not relate to subject matter jurisdiction), but is rather a “claim-processing rul[] that…

Read More SCOTUS Holds That Title VII’s EEOC Charge-Filing Requirement is Not “Jurisdictional”
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