by Girish Anand | Aug 17, 2011 | Federal Labor Law
In Ricci v. DeStefano, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the 19 white and one Hispanic plaintiffs had been wrongly denied promotions when the New Haven, Conn., Fire Department decided to reject the results of a promotional exam as being biased and then promote...
by Girish Anand | Aug 15, 2011 | Federal Labor Law, Minimum Wage Law
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to invite the public to provide input on the development and implementation of a compensation data collection tool. Possible uses for the collected data...
by Girish Anand | Aug 2, 2011 | Federal Labor Law, NLRB
Well, yes, in certain situations, anyway. Background: In Connecticut, a famous incident involving American Medical Response, which fired an employee for her bad-mouthing comments on Facebook, led to legal action by the local office of National Labor Relations Board...
by Girish Anand | Jun 21, 2011 | Federal Labor Law
The U.S. Supreme Court has given the nation's second largest employer a sweeping victory by ruling that a multi-billion-dollar class action discrimination lawsuit cannot proceed because it lacks "convincing proof of a companywide discrimination pay and...
by Girish Anand | Jun 17, 2011 | Federal Labor Law, USCIS
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced it will notify 1,000 companies nationwide of its intent to audit their full hiring records to determine if they're in compliance with the nation's employment eligibility verification laws. Not only will...
by Girish Anand | Jun 10, 2011 | Federal Labor Law
The Supreme Court, in overturning a federal court, has clarified discrimination claims involving the unique circumstance in which a "close family member"—in this case, a fiancé—is terminated because of actions by another family member, in...