Blog Posts in November, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court has just agreed to review Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. , a significant case concerning pharmaceutical sales representatives. At issue, whether the sales reps are ...

Older workers offer significant experience and maturity to the work force, but unfortunately age discrimination continues to be one of the fastest growing types of employment discrimination claims. In ...

Sometimes evidence that you have been discriminated against may be clear and direct. Other times evidence of discrimination may be indirect and is based on inference or presumption. In a recent case, ...

A recent case determined that a fired federal employee could bring a claim of retaliation against a federal employer. The decision was the result of the court’s review of Diggs v. HUD , a “mixed case” ...

The Department of Labor has recently issued a reminder to seasonal agricultural workers that several different federal laws protect the workers – both in terms of wages and hours worked and work-place ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act protects qualified individuals against several different types of discrimination based on a “disability.” A qualified individual with a disability includes those ...