Foods workers' discrimination claims stemming from the disciplining of employees who wore Black Lives Matter face masks to work, holding there could plausibly be non-race-related reasons for the dress code enforcement. The three-judge panel affirmed the district court's ruling, although it noted that its rationale differs somewhat from the lower court's decision. Ultimately, the First Circuit said that the workers' claims that their employer selectively enforced its dress code against those supporting Black Lives Matter are more about suspicious timing than about selective enforcement. And. . .

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