The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Agency (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Texas-based Hill Country Farms. The suit accuses employees and supervisors at Hill Country subsidiary Henry’s Turkey Service, a turkey-processing center in Muscatine County, Iowa, of abusing mentally impaired workers.
Employees with mental disabilities were More…
The New York Times’ editorial board weighs in today in favor of Rep. Jerrold Nadler’s (D-N.Y.) proposed legislation to effectively overturn two recent Supreme Court cases that significantly narrowed the ability of many victims to have their day in court.
Somehow, the 5-4 ruling from the Supreme Court earlier today in Ricci v. DeStefano has been turned into a 9-0 ruling against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, according to some conservative critics.
“NOT EVEN ONE JUSTICE APPROVED SOTOMAYER IN RICCI CASE,” blares the headline of a statement More…
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas today leads the conservative wing of the Supreme Court in an unusual decision that rules that plaintiffs in age discrimination suits don’t get the same benefit of the doubt that every other discrimination plaintiff gets.
In concluding that a plaintiff claiming age discrimination must More…
While it may have looked symbolic and easy, President Obama’s signing of the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act today was a bold move signifying a renewed interest in the welfare of employees, at a time when Congress and the new administration is under strong pressure to focus on the economic More…
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