Proving Workplace Discrimination Comes Down to Evidence, Not Instinct

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After approximately one day of deliberations, a federal jury in Oregon found Nike liable for more than $15 million in damages for violating federal and state anti-discrimination laws, finding Nike paid former employee, Heather Hender, less than similarly situated male colleagues and promoted her more slowly because of her gender.[1] The jury ruled in favor of the plaintiff on all of her claims, including violations of the Federal Equal Pay Act (…

Proving Workplace Discrimination Comes Down to Evidence, Not Instinct

A discrimination claim doesn't succeed because a feeling was strong enough. It succeeds because the evidence is strong. Workplace discrimination ranks as one of the major problems employees face with employment in the US. According to the latest statistics from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for 2025, they received 88,201 discrimination claims, closed 90,743 cases,