Civil-rights and equal-opportunity records document when advertising or workplace systems are alleged or found to treat protected groups differently.
California’s Civil Rights Department alleged that employees who used parental, disability, pregnancy, medical or family-care leave received lower bonuses and unfavourable reviews that could affect pay, stock awards and promotion. Microsoft denied the allegations and agreed to settle after a multi-year investigation.
View caseAn NLRB administrative law judge found that Amazon retaliated against workers for union support or protected concerted activity by changing assignments, increasing supervision and dismissing employees early. The decision also addressed interrogation, confiscation of union literature and appeals to racial prejudice.
View caseThe Justice Department alleged that Meta’s housing-ad system discriminated in who received advertisements based on race, colour, religion, sex, disability, family status and national origin. The case addressed both advertiser targeting options and the effects of Meta’s delivery algorithms.
View caseOFCCP compliance reviews identified hiring-rate disparities affecting Asian applicants for engineering, specialist and developer roles and Black and Hispanic applicants for software-engineering roles at Microsoft facilities in four states. The agency alleged that the selection practices violated federal-contractor equal-opportunity requirements.
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