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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has recently heard a case concerning a woman allegedly terminated from her place of employment because she testified concerning sexual harassment occurring at her workplace. It was found that the employee alleged sufficient facts to...
Considerations are currently being made to make Indiana a "right-to-work" state. The definition of "right-to-work" is the ability of those employed in a union shop to be able to opt out of union membership. In the short term, it is believed that this will have little...
It is a well-known fact that resident doctors put in a long day and often get very little sleep, especially when they are on call or involved with emergency medical care. Does this then give hospitals and health care facilities the right to demand that a doctor...
Overtime compensation is always a heavily discussed topic in the field of employment law. Employers are often accused of trying to force their employees to work longer hours for lesser wages.A recent United States Supreme Court decision again addressed this specific...
A 11th Circuit decision extends a U.S. Supreme Court 1989 ruling protecting transgender individuals from discrimination at the workplace. Significantly, the decision was unanimously decided and is part of a growing trend where courts are expanding upon the rights...
As far as the law is concerned, discrimination is a relatively recent phenomenon. Most middle-aged adults can remember a time where ordinances preventing interracial marriage were enacted while rules prohibiting discrimination based on race, gender or lifestyle...
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act bans employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of race, religion or nationality.The Hertz Corp., a nationwide rental car business, is facing a workplace discrimination lawsuit from 25 of its former employees....
Generally speaking, employees who work in dangerous professions get paid more for placing their lives at risk. But what about people who are at risk of suffering from sexual harassment in the workplace--do they get paid more for working in a potentially hostile work...
The employment situation in Indiana has been worsening in recent months. Though the state unemployment rate of 8.9 percent is still slightly below the national average, unemployment claims have risen for five straight months. Approximately 2,900 jobs were lost in...
The U.S. Court of the Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which has appellate jurisdiction over Indiana and several other regions, has reversed the ruling of a lower court that decided against a woman accusing a prominent law firm of employment discrimination.The...