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    Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, DISCRIMINATION—RACE—E.D. Mich.: Racial comments leave orthodontics practice facing harassment claims, (Sep 23, 2026)

    Law Firms Mentioned:Conlin, McKenney & Philbrick | Law Offices of Carla D. Aikens
    Organizations Mentioned:Conlin McKenney & Philbrick, PC | Drs. Bookwalter & Fee, P.C. | Plymouth Orthodontics

    By George Basharis, J.D.

    An insurance coordinator may pursue federal and state hostile work environment claims based on a coworker’s repeated use of racially derogatory language.

    Language associated with slavery could support a racially hostile work environment because ...

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