For reprint rights or to purchase a copy of your Daily Journal photo, email jeremy@reprintpros.com for prices or call 949-702-5390.

To buy more copies, call 866-531-1492 or email subscribe@dailyjournal.com
This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Health Care & Hospital Law,
Civil Litigation

Apr. 23, 2021

Kaiser Permanente settles race bias wage case for $11.5M

Filed in San Francisco Superior Court the same day the settlement was announced, the lawsuit alleged Kaiser failed to pay or promote Black employees equally based on its policies and practices.

After two years of negotiation, medical provider Kaiser Permanente will pay $11.5 million to settle a race discrimination lawsuit, attorneys from Medina Orthwein LLP and Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP announced Thursday.

"The settlement reflects Kaiser Permanente's willingness to listen to its employees, and should serve as a model for other corporations that truly desire to reckon with this country's racially unjust pa...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up



By using our website, you agree to our use of cookies in accordance with our cookie policy. You can learn more about how we use cookies by reviewing our Privacy Policy here.