Employment Law

As a partner at a Dallas-based law firm, Kimberly A. Elkjer felt isolated. "She just thought the guys wouldn't hang out with her, and she didn't know why," says her attorney Amy Gibson. But then, Elkjer claims, she discovered that the law firm had an actual policy that prevented that, either in the office or...

The taxpayers of Fulton County, Ga. have just learned how much discrimination can hurt. Last year, a jury demanded the county pay a former official $300,000 for passing him over for a promotion in favor of a black woman. And this week, a judge added another $1.18 million to the total, reports...

Lots of workplaces are making concerted efforts to recruit women and minorities. But that pursuit of diversity can sometimes step on the wrong side of the law. That's what the the former chancellor of a major Indiana university is claiming. According to his lawsuit, reported by INC Now, he was forced out at the...

The internet is full of tributes to Maj. Nicole Mitchell, "weather babe," who for seven years was a familiar face on the Weather Channel. But Mitchell is far more than just a "Hot Girl of the Weather Channel." She's been a military reservist for two decades, now serving as a member of the elite "Hurricane...

Like many parents, Tracy Lewis wanted to support her daughter's sales of Girl Scout cookies. So Lewis set up a display of Thin Mints at a convenience store operated by Bon Appetit on the American University campus, where she worked in food services for 30 years. But then without warning, she claims, her boss...

By Emily Jane Fox Sonja worked as a stripper in three states for 15 years. Like any employee, Sonja had set hours, had to be on stage at a certain time and dress a certain way. She was penalized if she missed a shift.

With monitoring software, productivity sensors, and cameras, bosses are increasingly spying on their workers. Sometimes this can create stress and distrust, without much benefit. But other times, it can uncover horrific wrongdoing. Last year, Kathy Coleman (pictured right) and her husband decided that their age...

By Steve Osunsami A new policy by CVS Pharmacy requires every one of its nearly 200,000...

For three years, Ian Rizzio, 24, had been working for a Portland sandwich shop to put himself through school. He was the manager -- working 25 to 35 hours a week, earning $9.50 an hour -- when one day he woke up feeling sick. He went into work, but ended up vomiting in the bathroom. Knowing that he couldn't...

A judge has overturned an $8.5 million verdict awarded to a former "Price is Right" model in a pregnancy discrimination case and ruled a new trial is necessary. Judge Kevin Brazile ruled Tuesday that he didn't properly instruct the jury that ultimately came to a 9-3 decision in Brandi Cochran's favor last year,...

I recently received this question from a reader: Q: I have missed about a week and half of work due to being really sick. I can barely talk and have no voice. Keep in mind here my job is a telesales rep. I call people all day. Are they legally able to fire me even though I have a doctor's note every day I...

When tales emerge from the retail supply chain, they're usually tragic, like the alleged sweatshop conditions at the Foxconn plants that churn out Apple products, or the 112 Bangladeshi workers who died when their factory, where clothes for Walmart, Sears Holdings and Disney were made, burned to the ground. But...

By Vivian Giang Premium job site TheLadders is being sued in a New York federal court on allegations that the company promises users access to exclusive high-paying jobs that don't actually exist. Law firm Bursor & Fisher filed the proposed consumer protection class action suit on Monday on behalf of...

NEW YORK - The nation's most far-reaching effort to stop employers from shunning out-of-work job applicants has become law in New York City. The City Council voted Wednesday to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg's veto. It makes New York the fourth place in the country with some form of a law against...

In the news business, it's often said that three examples make a trend. If so, it's hard to know what to make of the flurry of police officers under investigation for making racy rap videos. The latest case involves a New Jersey police officer -- also the president of the local police union -- who reportedly...

By Paul Szoldra A former Army Staff Sgt. at Fort Bragg was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for smuggling over $1 million out of Afghanistan, according to a report from the Fayetteville Observer. Along with an unnamed co-conspirator serving in Afghanistan from January 2008 to April 2009, Sgt. Tonya...

After the Newtown, Conn., massacre, some have called for more school safety agents inside schools. But a group of 5,000 school safety agents in New York City have filed an explosive $35 million class action suit, alleging that they're paid less than other safety agents in the city, despite being exposed to gang...

LAKE STATION, Ind. -- An Indiana teacher has been suspended after he allegedly wrote a...

WASHINGTON -- Margaret Fiester is no shrinking violet, but she says that working for her former boss was a nightmare. "One day I didn't do something right and she actually laid her hands on me and got up in my face and started yelling, 'Why did you do that?' " said Fiester, who worked as a legal assistant for...

Lying to your girlfriend about your job probably isn't the healthiest thing for your relationship. But lying to your girlfriend about being a deputy sheriff might be illegal. One Florida man reportedly knew this, but he still spent six months tricking his girlfriend with a stolen deputy's outfit and...