Workplace Discrimination

• Herman Cain: Candidates and Their Backgrounds

  Mike Bryant | November 26, 2011 9:27 AM | 7 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  So women keep coming out with stories of past harassment by Presidential Candidate Herman Cain. I absolutely believe that he should have a right to defend himself. The thing is that he was the one...

• Michigan Town Helps Dream Come True For Nebraska Teen

  Nolan Erickson | October 09, 2011 10:29 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  About a month ago, the story of Julia Sullivan began to receive national attention. Julia, a sixteen-year-old Nebraska resident who was born without legs and with arms that end at her elbows, had...

• Anti-Union Measures Jeopardize Employee Rights

  David Mittleman | October 05, 2011 2:00 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI

  For decades, unions have been protecting and representing many workers in Michigan, giving them a fair shot against corporate bargaining interests. Recently, however, so-called...

• Obama Touts Law Allowing Job Seekers to Sue for Discrimination Based on Unemployment

  David Mittleman | September 28, 2011 1:36 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Statistically speaking, unemployment levels are slowly improving in some areas of the country. For the most part, however, the job situation in much of the U.S., including Michigan, remains...

• Medical Pot User May Have Benefits Go Up In Smoke

  Linda Chalat | September 12, 2011 4:26 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A recent decision from the Colorado Court of Appeals has decided that a medical marijuana user who is fired for a positive drug test result is not eligible for unemployment compensation benefits. In...

• Girl With No Arms or Legs Argues Discrimination in Cheerleading Tryout Cuts

  David Mittleman | September 12, 2011 8:33 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Julia Sullivan was born with no arms or legs, but has learned how to adapt. She is a 16-year-old high school student who participates in the school marching band by attaching a cymbal to her...

• Exotic Dancers Settle With Gentlemen's Club Over Fair Labor Standards Act Violation

  David Mittleman | August 21, 2011 11:56 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Exotic dancers from Déjà Vu and affiliated gentlemen’s nightclubs run by Cin-Lan, Inc. and Déjà Vu Consulting recently settled with the companies over alleged...

• Free Speech Is Not Always Smart Speech

  Brett Emison | August 18, 2011 11:26 AM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO

  A decision out of Indiana upholds 1st Amendment protections of speech, but scares the crap out me as a father. A US District Judge ruled that week that racy photographs posted by 15- and 16-year-old...

• A Just End to a Long Road for Whistleblower

  Bret Hanna | July 29, 2011 6:29 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  When Bunnitine Bunny Greenhouse called out an Iraq contractor for using its own cost projections to obtain a multi-year contract with her employer, the Army Corps of Engineers, she had no idea that...

• The Wal-Mart Class Action Gets Struck Down By the Supreme Court

  Mike Bryant | July 12, 2011 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  This past week we learned of the United States Supreme Court decision in Wal-Mart v. Dukes. Basically, they ruled that the 1.6 million plaintiffs didn't have enough in common to be considered a...