NAR downplays former employee’s amended retaliation complaint

Former National Association of Realtors project manager Roshani Sheth updated her complaint with more details, but the trade organization insists her additional allegations “doom” her claims. Continue reading

Former Real Brokerage CFO sues, alleges pregnancy discrimination

Michelle Ressler was fired earlier this year and replaced with Ravi Jani. She now says company leadership suggested she couldn’t be both an effective executive and a mother. Continue reading

Former Real Brokerage CFO sues, alleges pregnancy discrimination

Michelle Ressler was fired earlier this year and replaced with Ravi Jani. She now says company leadership suggested she couldn’t be both an effective executive and a mother. Continue reading

Appraisal Institute ousts vice president amid ongoing turmoil

Craig Steinley was voted out Wednesday by a two-thirds majority of the Institute’s 28-member board, less than two weeks after a New York Times exposé surfaced harassment and misconduct allegations. Continue reading

Court dismisses NAR accuser’s retaliation claims — except one

Former NAR project manager Roshani Sheth can amend claims that NAR retaliated against her for reporting sexual harassment, a judge ruled Tuesday, while a breach of contract claim can advance. Continue reading

NAR to require workplace behavior training for volunteer leaders

Approved handily, the proposal was one of 11 from NAR’s Culture Transformation Commission, a group founded a year ago in the wake of accusations of harassment, intimidation and retaliation. Continue reading

Brown Harris Stevens ordered to pay agent $787K for discrimination

Retaliation for filing a discrimination complaint violates federal law, even if the agent is an independent contractor, judge says. BHS has vowed to appeal. Continue reading

Keller Williams franchisee accuses John Davis of sexual misconduct; sues franchisor and Gary Keller

Inga Dow, CEO of multiple KW offices in Texas, alleges she endured years of sexual misconduct, harassment and abuse at former CEO John Davis’s hands, and KWRI did nothing to stop him. Continue reading

‘Lewd sexual comments,’ religion at center of new Compass lawsuit

Ryan Huber, a Christian ethicist and former Compass agent experience manager, alleges a supervisor harassed him due to his sex and religion. Compass says the claims are “meritless.” Continue reading