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Wal-Mart Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Heads to Supreme Court

March 31, 2011

We previously reported on our blog about the potential class-action sex discrimination lawsuit the corporate giant Wal-Mart is facing. On Tuesday, March 29, the U.S. Supreme Court started to hear oral arguments on whether the largest class-action employment lawsuit in U.S. history can move forward against retail giant Wal-Mart. The world’s largest retailer as well…

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“Zombie Pay Claims” and What Your HR Department Should Know About the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

March 1, 2011

Is it ever too late for an employee to sue their company for acts of payment discrimination? The rule of “you snooze, you lose” is largely true. One of the most important deadlines in a lawyer’s mind is the Statute of Limitations, otherwise known as the last possible day one can file their lawsuit before…

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Bias Against the Unemployed?

March 1, 2011

WASHINGTON—The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has begun a probe of whether employers and recruitment firms are unlawfully barring the unemployed from applying for certain jobs, the agency’s chairman said. EEOC Chairman Jacqueline Berrien said at a hearing on February 16, 2011 that the agency began hearing anecdotal reports of the practice last summer, including from…

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Race-Based Hiring

November 23, 2009

Managers’ race has had a “significant” effect on the race of employees, according to a study of personnel data from a U.S. retailer over 30 months. The “Manager Race and the Race of New Hires,” report was authored by Laura Giuliano, David Levine and Jonathan Leonard, and printed in the October 2009 issue of the…

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