A New Mexico school principal has filed a discrimination complaint with Wisconsin state regulators against Regis Catholic Schools, contending it rescinded an offer to be its president because of unfounded speculation that he is gay.
A private prep school in suburban Milwaukee will pay $37,500 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit.
The task of conducting internal investigations may have just gotten a bit more difficult.
12-1703 Johnson v. Holder
Sometimes employment litigation is complicated, so much so that the parties and judges can’t even agree on which court has jurisdiction to hear an appeal.
Before lawyers had time to digest the recent ruling from the National Labor Relations Board that an employer violated federal labor law by requesting confidentiality from all employees during internal investigations, they faced another question: was the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission taking the same position?
A court ruling that ordered Massachusetts to pay for an inmate’s sex-change surgery is being seen as another milestone for transgender people.
A common dilemma for employers is contesting an unemployment claim now and possibly a discrimination claim by the same former employee later.
It started with allegations of hangman’s nooses, graffiti and racist comments targeting a handful of black workers at a trucking company warehouse in Chicago Ridge, Ill.
A final rule modifying the complaint process for federal employees claiming discrimination has been issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
12-2205 Bolden v. Walsh Construction Co.
A good friend of mine — not named Warren — is around 5-foot-9 with boots on, and over the last few years or so has fluctuated between 185 and 200 pounds.
Federal employment discrimination law does not provide a remedy for a bank employee who claims she was fired because of her marriage to a Mexican citizen who had entered the U.S. illegally, the 7th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
2010AP1785 Aldrich v. LIRC
11-2331 Jadeh v. County of Cook
Waupaca County officials have agreed to pay nearly $142,000 to settle allegations they refused to promote a sheriff’s deputy because she was a woman, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
Democratic candidate for governor Kathleen Falk has sent Republican Gov. Scott Walker a letter asking him to explain why he signed a bill making it more difficult for discriminated workers to sue.
We don’t think that Gov. Scott Walker and the Republicans in the Legislature have launched a war on women, as some critics allege. We’d describe it more as a “police action.”
10-3556 Smith v. Lafayette Bank & Trust Co.
The state Assembly has passed a bill that would put an end to punitive and compensatory damages for workplace discrimination.
The Menards home improvement chain has agreed to settle a race discrimination case for $1 million.
10-3694 Coleman v. Donahoe
The state wants a lawsuit dismissed that challenges the constitutionality of a 2010 state law that allows the schools superintendent to ban American Indian mascots and logos.
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday signed into law a bill that makes the viewing of pornography on a school district’s computer reason to revoke a teacher’s license. Before the law change, a teacher’s license could only be revoked for immoral conduct. That is defined as conducts [...]
In the same year that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received the largest number new discrimination charges in its 46-year history, the agency also reduced its current charge backlog by 10 percent – the first such reduction in almost a decade.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A bill that would allow Wisconsin schools to discriminate against convicted felons when considering whether to hire or fire them is temporarily held up in the state Assembly. Current law allows for employers to discriminate against convicted criminals only if their offense directly relates to the job in question. But under [...]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin schools would be allowed to discriminate against convicted felons when considering whether to hire or fire them under a bill before the state Assembly. Current law allows for employers to discriminate against convicted criminals only if their offense directly relates to the job in question. But under the bill up [...]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attorney for a conservative group is telling state lawmakers that the University of Wisconsin-Madison that the school clearly discriminates against prospective white and Asian student applicants. Roger Clegg is president and general counsel for the Center for Equal Opportunity. He’s telling the Assembly higher education committee that the governor or [...]
Some Wisconsin legislators are working to end compensatory and punitive damages in employment discrimination cases.
10-3214 Eaton v. Indiana Department of Corrections
