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A former Indiana chief probation officer found his lawsuit for wrongful termination stymied when a federal judge ruled that the claim had named the wrong defendant. The judge based his dismissal on the fact that probation officers serve, in effect, as employees of...
Indiana users of the popular dating app Tinder may be surprised to learn that the company is facing a lawsuit filed by the company's former marketing vice president. The vice president claims that a co-founder of the company, who is Tinder's marketing chief, took away...
Discrimination within the workplace is unacceptable, whoever its target may be. However, some workers come up against unfair prejudices before they are even hired. Even if they are fully qualified and capable, their applications may be declined simply because of their...
A radiologic technician who was stationed with U.S. troops overseas has filed a lawsuit in Indiana against her employer. Onsite Occupational Health and Safety Inc. has been accused of omitting overtime when paying its medical workers in Afghanistan. In a statement to...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit Court, which covers Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois, made a recent decision regarding a food-services employee who worked for a hospital and claims that she was the victim of racial discrimination. At the heart of the...
If you suspect your employer is engaging in wrongful conduct, you have the right to stand up to them and report them. Unfortunately, many workers are afraid to do this as they fear retaliation from their employer. However, retaliation itself is wrongful conduct and...
Employment contracts in Indiana and across the nation sometimes include clauses that prevent a person from working for a competitor for 12 to 24 months after their employment with the current company ends. In the past, non-compete agreements mainly applied to the top...
They say no good deed goes unpunished. That’s what’s usually at the heart of wrongful termination cases. An employee turns whistleblower against discrimination, unsafe working conditions or sexual harassment, and the employer retaliates by firing the...
As some Indiana employees may know, workplace discrimination can be subtle. There are laws against expressions of overt bias against people on the basis of factors like age, gender and race, but biases that are less obvious can still be damaging. Women may face...
Many Indiana residents are aware of the ongoing national debate regarding gay rights. While federal laws are in place to guard against race discrimination in the workplace, efforts to expand this protection to cover bias based on an individual's sexual orientation...