An Indiana University School of Medicine professor is suing the school for gender discrimination. The professor alleges that she was paid far less than male professors who had considerably less experience than she did. The professor has worked for Indiana University...
Month: January 2012
School superintendant involved in multi-million dollar lawsuit
A former school superintendent just east of Indianapolis is intertwined in a public employment dispute involving a number of claims and counterclaims. The superintendant has been accused of defrauding the school district of millions of dollars in salary and...
Employers need to communicate workplace policies
Employers sometimes seem to invent reasons for why an employee should be terminated from their employment. Wrongful termination can occur simply because they failed to abide by a policy that no one had ever educated them upon. This can happen in Indiana, our...
Indiana resident is plaintiff in gender discrimination suit
An Indiana resident is one of two plaintiffs in a lawsuit brought against Quest Diagnostics and a subsidiary alleging gender discrimination against females. The Indiana resident had 15-years of sales experience and had received several performance based awards....
Indiana right-to-work laws still being debated
The right-to-work laws proposed in Indiana are making national news. If the proposed legislation is passed, Indiana would be the first state in the Midwest to prohibit employment contracts forcing employees choosing not to be in a union to still pay union dues....
U.S. Supreme Court take on religious employers
In a 9-0 decision, the United States Supreme Court held in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Commission that a church school in Michigan was not required to pay damages to a teacher fired in a wrongful termination suit for an...
Employees can bring class-action disputes against employer
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently ruled that employers cannot prevent workers from filing class actions concerning work-related employment law disputes. This ruling would make null and void any arbitration agreement that specifically prohibits groups...
Disability benefits for veterans
There has been a problem with long delays for Indiana and other American veterans that waiting to receive their disability benefits. The average delay for receiving such benefits for such public employees now exceeds six-months.These are veterans that have been...
Indiana employee allegedly fired for depression
An Indiana based employer is being sued because it allegedly discriminated against an employee suffering from post-partum depression. In essence, what is being alleged is an employer discriminating based upon disability by refusing to provide a reasonable...
Indiana drug testing program under scrutiny
An Indiana program mandating drug testing for an Indiana job training program has both its supporters - in that it prevents individuals entering the workforce that are addicted to drugs - and its detractors that feel such requirements would result in a hostile work...