The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that Valley Isle Motors, Ltd, a car dealership in Maui, discriminated against an employee by failing to hire him for a salesperson position because of a perceived mental disability....
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March 02, 2009
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Crawford v. Metro Government of Nashville that federal law protects a worker from being fired after telling investigators in an internal company investigation about sexual harassment on the job. The Court...
February 02, 2009
On January 30, 2009, President Obama signed three executive orders that will reverse former President George W. Bush’s labor policies. Under the new executive order “Notification of Employee Rights Under Federal Labor Laws” (E.O. 13496, to be...
February 02, 2009
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. Later that day Acting EEOC Chairman Stuart Ishimaru released a statement congratulating Congress and...
February 02, 2009
On January 9, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a lawsuit brought by 17 white and one Hispanic firefighters challenging their employer’s refusal to certify the results of promotional examinations for lieutenant and captain positions...
On November 20, 2008, the EEOC held a meeting regarding views on employment discrimination faced by individuals with arrest and conviction records and how applicants’ criminal records are used in making employment decisions. Four panels discussed...
January 05, 2009
On December 19, 2008, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a final rule in the Federal Register that the agency said is intended to increase awareness of and compliance with federal “conscience” laws prohibiting employment...
