McDonald's recently agreed to settle a religion-based employment discrimination suit, agreeing to pay $50,000 and provide other relief to a Muslim employee who wasn't allowed to grow a beard.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged that...
Nothing, as the saying goes, is written in stone and that includes the law. For example, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. However, as society has evolved, other...
New York is just one of the states in the country whose disabled workers are being subjected to unfair labor practices under an antiquated law that has not been updated to reflect the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.As New York and other major cities across...
A Syracuse agency for the disabled ironically became the target of a discrimination lawsuit when a disabled employee filed a suit claiming it had violated the American with Disabilities Act.The employee, who is blind, claims the agency denied her access to an...
Under the Affordable Care Act, lactating mothers are permitted to express breast milk at work. Those companies who deny that right run the risk of both gender and pregnancy discrimination. One 31-year-old worker at a glass factory in neighboring Pennsylvania is filing...
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act is a bill that passed in the Senate and is currently waiting a vote in the House. The key nature of this bill points to a more global prevention of discrimination at the workplace based on gender or sexual orientation. Studies...
The U.S. Senate recently passed legislation that would ban discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The measure, known as the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), passed on a vote of 61-30.Current federal law prohibits...
In a ground-breaking move, the United States Senate has agreed to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a bill that would render it illegal to refuse to hire or fire gay or transgender individuals in the workplace. The vote was 64 Senators in favor and 32...
The biggest story in the sports world for the last several weeks has been the allegations swirling around the NFL Miami Dolphins' offensive lineman, Richie Incognito, and his supposed bullying of his fellow lineman, Jonathan Martin.According to published reports,...
An iconic retail store on Madison Avenue in New York City, has become the uncomfortable target of racist complaints leveled by sales persons and customers. These complaints have given rise to an investigation by the attorney general's office.Stories have surfaced with...
