6th Circuit recognizes claim for coworker retaliation
Employment discrimination laws prohibit retaliation against an employee who engages in protected activity. What happens, though, when it is ...
Postal worker illustrates problem of employee jury duty fraud
By Jon Hyman
Because it's illegal to fire an employee who misses work for jury duty, companies may be more lax in their examination of jury summonse...
Butt painter's lawsuit to go to trial
By Jon Hyman
Does anyone remember Stephen Murmer? He was the Virginia high school art teacher suing his former employer over his termination after schoo...
Supreme Court to hear argument on racial retaliation under Section 1981
By Jon Hyman
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in CBOCS West Inc. v. Humphries , which asks whether an employee bringing a claim fo...
Some folks call it a jury verdict, I call it a lot of money
By Jon Hyman
A federal jury in Forth Worth, Texas, has answered the age old question: How much is it worth if a female employee receives depraved and vio...