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According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), discrimination by employers against pregnant women has been prevalent and has resulted in more than $150 million in damages awarded. Despite the Pregnancy Discrimination Act being passed in 1978, such...
A National Labor Relations Board (NLR B) in a recent 2-0 decision rejected arbitration language requiring the employees waive class-action rights. An essence, what this means concerning employment disputes is that workplace employment laws in Indiana and elsewhere...
With Indiana passing the so-called right-to-work legislation, it's not surprising that employers and employees differ on the perceived benefits of such legislation. Employers feel that the new law will promote economic growth while employees tend to view the...
Though Indiana is defined as an "employment-at-will" state, the label is misleading. Employers are still obligated to follow certain rules when it comes to letting employees go. Laws restricting employers from retaliating against employees in a workplace setting have...
Whatever the cause, job discrimination complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have gone up 2-years in a row. However, the most common employment dispute allegation for Indiana and other state's public and private employees has involved...
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...
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 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...
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....
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....