50 years ago this week the Equal Pay Act was signed into law. The purpose of the Equal Pay Act is to prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers to employees. Under the Equal Pay Act, all employers must pay equal
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Employment discrimination on the basis of race has been in the news this week, as Battle v. Hurley Medical Center, out of Michigan, caught the attention of some major news organizations. The complaint alleges that Tonya Battle was a nurse in the NICU at Hurley Medical Center,
Read more →New York City is the latest in a string of places proposing legislation to protect the unemployed from employment discrimination, during a time when many are still struggling to find work in a sluggish economy. If enacted, the new law would prohibit employers from considering an applicant’s
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that employers are not required to offer reasonable accommodations for pregnancy. Or at least, it appears that way if you don’t read the fine print. Peggy Young was working as a driver for UPS when
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