Workplace Discrimination
Conduct Screen Corporate Misconduct
Documented systemic discrimination in hiring, pay, promotion, or workplace conditions — racial discrimination, gender pay gaps, disability discrimination, anti-LGBTQ+ policies, age discrimination, and hostile work environments. Escalating threshold: one allegation is alarming and merits observation; two allegations with independent plaintiffs are potentially dispositive; three or more isolated incidents with unrelated plaintiffs showing the same fact pattern is dispositive of a systemic problem. Recency matters — companies can heal from historical discrimination if reforms are genuine and sustained. Distinct from worker_exploitation (wage/hour theft) and working_conditions (physical safety).
37 companies currently excluded under this screen
Excluded Companies (37 total)
Showing 37 of 37 companies excluded under this screen.
| Ticker | Company | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| ADBE | Adobe Inc | On March 9, 2026, a major class-action lawsuit (Buntjer v. Adobe, Inc.) was filed in the Northern District of California. The suit represents over 500 current and former female employees and alleges t... |
| AIG | AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC | The EEOC sued AIG in 2019 for disability discrimination after the company allegedly refused to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee with multiple sclerosis and then fired her (Case No. 1:... |
| AKAM | AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC | In July 2023, Andrea Riggs filed a sex discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit against Akamai Technologies in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Case No. 1:2023cv06463... |
| ARES | Ares Management | Ares/Pretium's HavenBrook Homes filed 500+ evictions in the first 10 weeks of 2021, with a documented 4x racial disparity: ~20% of tenants in majority-Black DeKalb and Clayton Counties (GA) were serve... |
| AXON | Axon Enterprise, Inc. | Taser devices manufactured by Axon Enterprise are disproportionately deployed against Black individuals, who are over four times more likely to be subjected to Taser use than white individuals. When T... |
| AXP | AMERICAN EXPRESS CO | In August 2022, Brian Netzel, a former American Express client manager with over 10 years at the company, filed a class action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (Case No. 2:2022cv... |
| AZO | AutoZone, Inc. | The EEOC sued AutoZone in 2015 alleging sex discrimination against a female employee who was subjected to a hostile work environment and retaliated against for complaining, in violation of Title VII (... |
| BALL | BALL CORP | Ball Container LLC, a subsidiary of Ball Corporation, entered a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) in October 2024 to pay... |
| BBY | Best Buy Co., Inc. | Best Buy has a multi-decade record of employment discrimination enforcement actions documented by ViolationTracker. The EEOC found probable cause that between 2003 and 2010, Best Buy's use of personal... |
| CHTR | CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC | Charter Communications Inc. (Spectrum) agreed to pay $18.75 million to settle an EEOC disability discrimination lawsuit alleging the company refused to accommodate and fired employees with disabilitie... |
| COIN | Coinbase Global, Inc. | A November 2020 New York Times investigation (based on 23 current and former employees) found Black employees were paid 7% less than peers in comparable roles (11% less including stock options), and w... |
| DELL | Dell Technologies Inc. | Violation Tracker logs over $18M in penalties for employment discrimination and wage-and-hour violations, including a major settlement for systemic pay disparities affecting female and minority employ... |
| DVA | DAVITA INC | The EEOC sued DaVita Inc. in 2020 for allegedly refusing to hire a qualified applicant because of her disability, violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. A separate federal court ruling found D... |
| EQR | EQUITY RESIDENTIAL | Equity Residential Properties settled with the DOJ for $770,000 in 2012 over allegations of discriminating against families with children by imposing restrictive lease terms at Chicago-area properties... |
| ERIE | ERIE INDEMNITY CO | Erie Insurance Group has faced racial discrimination allegations spanning more than two decades. Between September 1, 1998 and August 21, 2020, plaintiffs allege they experienced racial discrimination... |
| ESS | ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST INC | Essex Property Trust, one of the nation's largest apartment REITs, faces litigation for source-of-income discrimination against Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher holders in violation of California and ... |
| FDX | FEDEX CORP | In January 2025, the EEOC sued Federal Express Corporation for disability discrimination after FedEx denied continued telework accommodations to several disabled dispatchers at its downtown Manhattan ... |
| GEN | Genesis Healthcare, Inc. | The EEOC has sued Genesis Healthcare multiple times for disability discrimination under the ADA. In September 2020, the EEOC sued Genesis Healthcare LLC, d/b/a Mount Olive Care & Rehabilitation Center... |
| GL | Globe Life | Globe Life disclosed in a September 2024 regulatory filing that the EEOC found "reasonable cause" to believe the company discriminated against six of its sales agents — five former and one current — o... |
| HCA | HCA HEALTHCARE INC | HCA Healthcare agreed to pay $4.6 million to resolve an EEOC disability discrimination lawsuit alleging it failed to accommodate employees with disabilities, as documented by ViolationTracker. That di... |
| HSIC | HENRY SCHEIN INC | Henry Schein, Inc., one of America's largest healthcare product distributors, has faced multiple employment discrimination lawsuits spanning different protected classes and jurisdictions. In 2008, Jam... |
| IEX | IDEX CORP | IDEX Corporation, a Lake Forest, Illinois-based manufacturer and supplier of fluidics systems, paid $380,000 in April 2017 to settle an EEOC disability discrimination lawsuit. A Miami-based IDEX regio... |
| JLL | JONES LANG LASALLE INC | Jones Lang LaSalle has a documented pattern of discrimination and regulatory non-compliance across multiple jurisdictions. In 2018 JLL paid $82,500 to settle an EEOC disability discrimination lawsuit ... |
| MAA | MID AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC | The Justice Department obtained an $11.3 million settlement from Mid-America Apartment Communities for disability-based housing discrimination under the Fair Housing Act and Americans with Disabilitie... |
| MET | METLIFE INC | Violation Tracker logs over $11M in cumulative penalties for employment discrimination. Recent 2024-2025 filings in New Jersey (Sanchez v. MetLife) allege improper disability benefit calculations excl... |
| NTRS | NORTHERN TRUST CORP | Northern Trust agreed to pay $29 million to settle an EEOC lawsuit alleging widespread age discrimination against a class of older workers in its wealth management business, as documented by Violation... |
| PAYC | PAYCOM SOFTWARE INC | Lawsuits for age, sex, and marital status discrimination (Oklahoma and Indiana); FCRA violations in background check reporting; documented retaliation culture and high-turnover environment (~2023–2024... |
| PBI | Pitney Bowes Inc. | In October 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor's OFCCP settled with Pitney Bowes over race-based hiring discrimination. The company discriminated against Black, Hispanic, and White applicants for mail-... |
| PHM | PULTEGROUP INC | PulteGroup faces multiple active lawsuits alleging systemic racial discrimination against Black employees, with plaintiffs citing unequal pay and promotion opportunities, hostile work environment cond... |
| RSG | REPUBLIC SERVICES INC | Republic Services, Inc. agreed to pay nearly $3 million to settle an EEOC lawsuit alleging it discriminated against 21 employees over 40 years old and engaged in a form of hazing called 'break him off... |
| SG | SWEETGREEN INC | Sweetgreen faces a systemic race and sex discrimination lawsuit filed by ten employees across seven New York City locations (Alvarado et al. v. Sweetgreen, Case No. 804089/2023E, Bronx County Supreme ... |
| TKO | TKO GROUP HOLDINGS INC | TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of UFC and WWE, faces significant workplace misconduct concerns. Executive Chairman Vince McMahon resigned in January 2024 following a sex trafficking and sexual... |
| TSLA | Tesla | Tesla is currently in private mediation with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as of January 2026 to resolve a landmark 2023 lawsuit. The EEOC alleged a "pervasive" pattern of ra... |
| UDR | UDR INC | UDR Inc. agreed to a settlement requiring $50,000 in payments to affected tenants and mandatory annual anti-discrimination training for employees at its DC properties for three years, following allega... |
| UNH | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC | UnitedHealth Group Inc. agreed to pay $10 million to resolve allegations it discriminated against pregnant employees and those with pregnancy-related medical conditions by denying them reasonable acco... |
| WBD | WARNER BROS DISCOVERY INC | WBD faces cluster of discrimination claims. Willis v. WBD (Dec 2025, LA Superior Court): former cybersecurity executive alleging wrongful termination after medical leave for spinal injury, age discrim... |
| WYNN | Wynn Resorts, Limited | Wynn Resorts carries $55 million in employment discrimination penalties across two separate findings — $35 million assessed by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in 2019 and $20 million assessed by t... |
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