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EEOC Sues Company For Demanding Credit Checks For Employment

December 29, 2011 by Lance M. Sears

Bad credit can spell disaster in many areas, including denial of personal and home loans and even employment. Credit checks are often routine during interviews for jobs that handle money such as bank tellers or accountants, but checking an applicant’s credit is becoming a more widely used practice for a variety of job fields. Many […]

Filed Under: Bankruptcy, Blog Post, Employee Law

Supreme Court to Hear Wal-Mart Appeal and Consider Class-Action Status

December 22, 2011 by Lance M. Sears

Retail giant Wal-Mart is being sued by a group of female employees claiming discrimination. They are accusing Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club of paying women “less than men in comparable positions, despite having higher performance ratings and greater seniority.” According to Time.com, the suit also claims use of sexist language used by executives. Only six women originally […]

Filed Under: Blog Post, Employee Law

Job Discrimination Complaints To EEOC Hits All-Time High

December 19, 2011 by Lance M. Sears

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the U.S. Federal Government agency that investigates and enforces employment discrimination laws involving age, race, sex, religion, and disability. The Huffington Post reported that the EEOC received just under 100,000 employment discrimination complaints during the 2011 fiscal year, “the most logged in a single year in the agency’s 46-year […]

Filed Under: Blog Post, Employee Law, Legal

Veterans With Disabilities Need Multi-Pronged Approach For Employment, EEOC is Told

November 30, 2011 by Lance M. Sears

An Equal Employment Opportunity Commission press release said that Veterans with disabilities not only have unique needs with transitioning into civilian employment, but they also may be unaware that they are protected by the American’s With Disabilities Act. Employment plays an important role in a Veteran’s recovery from injury and easing their way into civilian life, the […]

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Over 10,000 Sign Petition Asking Target To Open At 5AM Instead of Midnight On Black Friday

November 17, 2011 by Lance M. Sears

Thanksgiving is the day we take to give thanks for what we have, even if we are much less fortunate than others. It is a day that greed is far from our hearts, materialism is far from our minds and family and friends gather to share in the wealth of togetherness and love. The day […]

Filed Under: Blog Post, Employee Law, Legal

Hertz Fires 26 Muslim Workers For Refusing To Clock Out For Prayer Breaks

November 3, 2011 by Lance M. Sears

ABC News reports that Hertz Car Rental Company fired more than two dozen Muslim workers at their Seattle-Tacoma airport location for refusing to clock out while taking prayer breaks during their shift. Hertz reportedly sent termination notices to 26 Somali Muslim workers on October 20th after they and eight others had been suspended on September 30th for failing […]

Filed Under: Blog Post, Employee Law, Legal

Republicans and Democrats Take Sides on Proposal in Jobs Act

October 21, 2011 by Lance M. Sears

The phenomenon of unemployment discrimination has been in the news since last year, and while most states have no legal protection against this bias, states like New Jersey have made it illegal to use discriminatory language in job advertisements. But the New York Times reports that President Obama “thinks he has found a way to pry open […]

Filed Under: Blog Post, Employee Law

Unemployment Discrimination: Jobless Applicants Not Wanted

October 19, 2011 by Lance M. Sears

As the economy continues to slump the unemployment rate is staying high, but it seems that employers may be partly to blame. The Washington DC Employment Law Update reported in February that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a public hearing “to address the alleged ‘emerging practice’ of excluding currently unemployed job-seekers from applicant pools” after […]

Filed Under: Bankruptcy, Employee Law, Legal

Federal Lawsuit Brought Against Hotel For Firing Non-Hispanic Employees

October 5, 2011 by Lance M. Sears

A federal lawsuit is being brought against a Hampton Inn franchise in Craig, Colorado, alleging that the hotel fired non-Hispanic employees in favor of Latino’s. The lawsuit claims that the GM of the Colorado hotel was told by the owners “to hire more qualified maids, and that they preferred maids to be Hispanic because in […]

Filed Under: Blog Post, Employee Law, Legal

Amazon Employees Report Brutal Working Conditions

September 21, 2011 by Lance M. Sears

The Huffington Post has reported that the workers for Amazon.com’s Allentown, Pennsylvania warehouse “are willing contend with working at a brutal pace in dizzying heat so long as it means having a job.” The Morning Call interviewed 20 former and current employees of the warehouse, and of those spoken with, only one said it was a good […]

Filed Under: Blog Post, Employee Law, Legal

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