Indiana readers may have heard of the condition known as fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia affects the entire body and causes pain and tenderness in the muscles and joints. Secondary symptoms often include sleep disorders, anxiety and depression. Because the cause of...
Month: August 2012
Immigration agency confronts federal employment suit
Indiana residents will be interested to learn that a recently lawsuit is taking a look at the nation's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The suit was filed by a federal immigration senior official. The official, a male, claims that he is the victim of...
Woman faces religious discrimination in an interview
As many Indiana residents know, it is illegal for an employer to discriminate against an employee or an applicant for a job on the basis of race, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information or religion. Nevertheless, the U.S. Equal Employment...
EEOC: Deterring discrimination
Indiana businesses and employees will be interested to learn that the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has recently been pursuing cases against large corporations in hopes of deterring discrimination on a grander scale.This agency, which is the U.S....
Employee protected under the ADEA
Indiana residents who have faced age discrimination will be happy to learn that the U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that a 65-year-old employee, who was forced into retirement, is protected by the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.According to reports, the former...
Morgan Stanley Employee fired after reporting securities flipping
In Indiana, you cannot be fired from a position for refusing to do something illegal. This is called retaliatory discharge. Furthermore, if you report illegal activity to authorities that is taking place within your working environment, you cannot be discharged for...
Sexual harassment: airport refuses to implement policy
A federal judge has handed down a sweeping injunction in a sexual harassment case against one of the companies that provides wheelchair services at an airport in the United States. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requested the injunction because,...
Racial discrimination: American Banks
If you have not heard, the end of last month brought two separate lawsuits involving claims of racial discrimination at two banking institutions. The suits both involve individual employees, both of whom are black men. If the allegations within these filings are found...
Domino’s Pizza liable for sexual harassment
Indiana lawyers will tell you that franchise law can be complex, and it is often unclear whether or to what degree a franchisor can be liable for the actions of a franchisee. This is because the franchisee, for the most part, operates independently of the franchising...