Category Archives: Employment Law

EEOC Finds Increase in Job Discrimination Claims Based on Disability

Written On January 7, 2010 By Bob Kraft

The Associated Press reported, “The number of workers claiming job discrimination based on disability, religion or national origin surged to new highs last year, as federal job bias complaints overall stayed at near-record levels. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Wednesday that charges of disability discrimination rose by about 10 percent to 21,451 claims, the largest [...]

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EEOC Considering New Rules as Age Discrimination Complaints Surge

Written On July 17, 2009 By Bob Kraft

The Washington Post reports that during a public hearing at the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission headquarters, experts said that “rising unemployment has left older workers vulnerable to layoffs, because they are often stereotyped by employers as costing more money and being less adaptable to change. … The hearing included emotional testimony from several people [...]

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EEOC Seen as “Laughingstock” Following Ruling

Written On April 4, 2009 By Bob Kraft

This scathing opinion piece in the New York Times really rips into the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after a report by an arbitrator finding the agency to be in violations of the laws it is supposed to be enforcing. Here is the short editorial: It sounds like a grim sweatshop joke, but the federal agency [...]

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Sees Rise in Workplace Discrimination Cases

Written On March 17, 2009 By Bob Kraft

The Washington Times reports, "The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission this week said workplace discrimination charge filings in 2008 had spiked by 15 percent over the previous year with an 'unprecedented' 13,000 more cases reported." The acting chairman, Stuart Ishimaru said, "The EEOC has not seen an increase of this magnitude in charges filed for [...]

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Judges Can Adjust Jury Awards in Employment Cases to Account for Tax Burden?

Written On February 4, 2009 By Bob Kraft

The Legal Intelligencer (2/4, Duffy) reports, "Deepening a split in the federal circuits, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that winning plaintiffs in employment discrimination cases may be entitled to an additional award to compensate for the tax consequences of receiving a backpay award in one lump sum." By way of the [...]

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Obama Signs Equal-Pay Bill Into Law

Written On January 30, 2009 By Bob Kraft

President Obama yesterday signed his first bill into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. USA Today (1/30, Jackson) reports the new law "makes it easier for workers to sue companies for pay discrimination and effectively reverses a 2007 Supreme Court decision that had given workers 180 days to file a lawsuit after the pay [...]

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