employment discrimination Archives

Employers Bracing for Discrimination Suits: Littler Mendelson Study

Your company is bracing itself for lawsuits. Yours included. U.S. employers are anticipating a rise in workplace discrimination claims based on their own hiring policies, a survey released last week ...

Some Employers Find Excuses to Fire Pregnant Employees

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 makes it illegal for a woman to be fired just because she is pregnant. But that doesn't stop it from happening, according to new research by Reginald Byron, ...

EEOC Charges Drop in 2013

For fiscal year 2013, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received less than 94,000 new private sector charges of employment discrimination, marking the lowest level since 2009. The ...

GINA Suits Becoming A Reality: Second EEOC Action Filed

On May 16, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that the agency filed its second lawsuit charging a company with violating the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. The ...