Blog Posts in April, 2012

A recent overtime lawsuit from New York emphasized the fact that citizenship status does not affect whether workers are protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and entitled to overtime pay. ...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has just ruled that federal employment discrimination law (Title VII) prohibits transgender discrimination. This means that employers may not take a ...

Since the height of the recession in 2008, millions of workers have been laid off, forced to work longer hours and many have received less pay. Now workers are striking back in court. According to a ...

A Florida woman has been awarded nearly $340,000 in back pay as the result of a pay discrimination lawsuit against Citicorp. According to the lawsuit, when Heidi Wilson received a promotion to become ...

News reports that pregnancy discrimination cases across the county are on the rise. According to a Washington Post article, nearly 6,000 women across the country have filed complaints with the Equal ...

A movement is underway in Congress to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to as much as $10. Under current federal employment law – the Fair Labor Standards Act [FLSA] – employers are required ...