Workplace Discrimination

• Senate finally acts to protect disabled workers

  Joshua Laws | September 12, 2008 3:27 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  On September 11, 2008 the United States Senate finally passed a new bill to protect disabled employees and put teeth back into the Americans with Disabilities Act. According to the New York...

• Workplace Discrimination Advice

  Chrissie Cole | September 11, 2008 1:18 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  There are no federal laws that specifically target gender identity or sexual orientation, however, the Civil Rights Act does ban discrimination by sex. A 1989 court ruling set a precedent that...

• Citizen Action Gets Things Done On Prevailing Wage In St Cloud

  Mike Bryant | September 06, 2008 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  In 1987 the St Cloud City Council passed a resolution that on all public funded projects of 200,000 or more the federal prevailing wage must be paid. In building the St Cloud Library this was not...

• Iowa Q&A: Work. Comp. When should a lawyer get paid?

  Steve Lombardi | August 27, 2008 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Q: I retained a lawyer for a workers comp injury-was receiving benefits before he was hired-now all of a sudden he wants me to give him a perecntage of my weekly benefits. I have not signed any form...

• Religious discrimination treated as seriously as race or sex discirmination in New Jersey

  Joshua Laws | August 15, 2008 3:43 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The New Jersey Supreme Court recently held that religious discrimination hostile work environment claims should be analyzed exactly like hostile work environment sexual harassment and hostile work...

• Religious discrimination costs $735,000 in New York

  Joshua Laws | August 08, 2008 3:52 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  No employee should suffer religious discrimination or any employment discrimination. And in New York City a man recently won a $735,000 verdict because his employer discriminated against him for...

• Men are filing more employment law suits than ever before

  Joshua Laws | July 29, 2008 4:38 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The Family and Medical Leave Act isn’t just for women anymore. According to a report by Tresa Baldas, more men have been asserting their right to care for their family members under the Act....

• Olive Garden Parent Company Settles Possible Class-Action Wage Lawsuit

  Will Parker | July 23, 2008 12:10 PM | 1 CommentFlorence / Myrtle Beach, SC

  The Orlando Sentinel reports Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurant chains' parent company, Darden Restaurants, agreed to pay $700,000 to settle a possible class-action lawsuit over its wage...

• Ohio Supreme Court Allows Workplace Discrimination Case Against City to Proceed

  Chrissie Cole | July 15, 2008 7:11 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Former Fire Chief Michael Dworning was granted approval to proceed with a workplace discrimination lawsuit against the city. The Ohio Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday, upheld a previous ruling...

• Same-sex harassment now on the menu at The Cheesecake Factory

  Joshua Laws | July 14, 2008 4:37 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The Cheesecake Factory is known for its sumptuous desserts and generous portions. However, some Cheesecake Factories are now offering a new item: hot, buttered same-sex sexual harassment. ...