Car Dealership to pay $244K for Sex Harassment and Retaliation
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that Murphy Ford Inc., a car dealership located in Chester, Pennsylvania, will pay...
Car Dealership in Maui Sued for Disability Discrimination in Hiring Case
Mar 2, 2009, 10:51:00 PM
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that Valley Isle Motors, Ltd, a car dealership in Maui, discriminated against an...
Sanitation Company to Pay $475K to Settle Hiring Bias Lawsuit
Mar 2, 2009, 10:49:00 PM
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that Robertson Sanitation, a Phoenix-based trash hauling, recycling and disposal...
EEOC General Counsel Returns to Private Practice
Mar 2, 2009, 10:47:00 PM
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that Ronald S. Cooper, General Counsel of the EEOC, will return to private practice....
Bureau of Labor Statistics to Report on Employment Status of People With Disabilities
Mar 2, 2009, 10:45:00 PM
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that it will begin releasing monthly data on the employment and unemployment of persons with disabilities....
Supreme Court Ruling to Protect Worker Fired After Participating in Internal Sexual Harassment Investigation
Mar 2, 2009, 10:42:00 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Crawford v. Metro Government of Nashville that federal law protects a worker from being fired after...
EEOC Posts Notice on the Ledbetter Act
Mar 2, 2009, 10:41:00 PM
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) posted a notice regarding the application of the new Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. The...
NEW REPORT ON STATE LABOR LEGISLATION ENACTED IN 2008
Mar 2, 2009, 10:39:00 PM
The Bureau of Labor Statistics published a comprehensive article on state labor legislation enacted in 2008 in the January 2009 issue of the Monthly...
HOUSE BILL RE-INTRODUCED TO PERMIT COMP TIME
Mar 2, 2009, 10:37:00 PM
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) has re-introduced a bill (“Family-Friendly Workplace Act,” H.R. 933) that would give private sector employees the...
Bill Introduced in House to Enhance FMLA
Mar 2, 2009, 10:21:00 PM
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney has introduced the proposed Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act (H.R. 824) that would allow employees to take, as...
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President Obama Signs Executive Orders Reversing Bush Labor Policies
Feb 2, 2009, 9:58:00 AM
On January 30, 2009, President Obama signed three executive orders that will reverse former President George W. Bush’s labor policies. Under the new...
President Obama Signs the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 Into Law
Feb 2, 2009, 9:42:00 AM
President Obama signed the long anticipated Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 into law on January 29, 2009 at a White House signing ceremony....