Seattle’s DEI Initiative May Have Created Hostile Work Environment, 9th Circuit Finds

Ninth Circuit Allows White Seattle Employee's Racial Harassment Lawsuit Over City DEI Program To Proceed

Something rotten has taken root in government workplaces across this country. Programs draped in the soft language of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” were sold as...

Seattle’s DEI initiative may have created hostile work environment, 9th Circuit finds

In one exercise, employees allegedly had to “line up based on how ‘racist’ or ‘anti-racist’ they perceived themselves to be in comparison to their coworkers,” according to a court document.

White man’s racial harassment suit against Seattle’s DEI program goes ahead after appeal to Ninth Circuit Court

Coworkers allegedly called him a white supremacist after he challenged statements made during the training.

Seattle Revives Ex-Worker's Racial Hostility Lawsuit

The 9th Circuit revived a Seattle ex-employee's hostile-work-environment claim tied to anti-racism training, but tossed his other claims.

Federal appeals court revives Seattle worker’s racial harassment claim

The court reversed a lower court decision that had thrown out Joshua Diemert’s hostile work environment claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and Washington state law.