Honeywell Job Bias Lawsuit Revived Over EEOC Portal Notice Snafu

Honeywell International Inc. and a subsidiary were wrongly granted a win in a worker’s discrimination lawsuit because emails her attorney received from the EEOC didn’t trigger her deadline for suing, the First Circuit ruled.

The decision clarified the circuit’s standard for what constitutes sufficient notice of the right to sue for a worker who has filed a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The court said this issue has become “more complicated” since the advent of “electronically provided right-to-sue letters.” The proper rule for when emailed notice is sufficient to start a worker’s 90-day clock for suing needs to ...