Workplace Discrimination

• Wal-Mart Settles Massive Wage & Hour Lawsuit

  Zev Antell | December 03, 2009 3:59 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  According to an article in today’s Boston Globe, Wal-Mart has agreed to settle a wage and hour lawsuit which will net $40,000,000 to be divided amongst a class of tens of thousands of...

• Department of Labor States Drug Reps are Entitled to Overtime

  Zev Antell | October 16, 2009 10:48 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The issue of whether Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives (Drug Reps as they are sometimes called) are entitled to overtime has been bouncing around and dividing the Federal Courts for several...

• Class Action Alleges Airline "Targeted" Military Pilots With Discrimination

  Zev Antell | September 03, 2009 3:11 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  A recently filed lawsuit alleges that Continental Airlines discriminated against pilots actively engaged in service with the armed forces. According to an August 31 news report about the suit, it...

• Delivery Drivers Win $22.75 Million Overtime Settlement

  Zev Antell | August 28, 2009 6:04 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  According to an August 20th press release, a massive national Uniform provider, Cintas, came to terms recently on an almost $23 million settlement with a class of hundreds delivery drivers to whom...

• Race Discrimination Case Wins Class Status at the Fourth Circuit

  Zev Antell | August 13, 2009 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The generally conservative Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a ruling effectively granting class action status to a racial discrimination lawsuit originating out of South Carolina. The...

• Census Report Confirms Race-Based Pay Disparities

  Harris Butler | April 28, 2009 9:47 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Companies continue to use discriminatory pay systems. Census figures released yesterday confirm that blacks and Hispanics continue to be paid less than whites for higher-paying jobs – and that...

• Overtime Claims to be Emphasized by Obama Administration

  Harris Butler | April 25, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  In two recent articles, the Wall Street Journal reports that businesses are fearing a crackdown by the Obama administration on workplace practices. The Department of Labor will hire 150 new...

• Gender Wage Claim Allowed for Failure to Grant Tenure

  Harris Butler | April 23, 2009 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  A U.S. District Court ruled that a Jackson State University professor’s gender discrimination claim that she was denied tenure is timely under the recently enacted Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay...

• Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Arbitration That Is Beneficial to Employees and Consumers

  Bill Tucker | March 11, 2009 1:27 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The Supreme Court of the United States recently issued a ruling that will likely prove helpful to employees and consumers when their employers or lenders seek to prohibit their access to court....

• What is the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act?

  Michael Phelan | January 26, 2009 2:47 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  On Thursday, January 22nd, the U.S. Senate passed S. 181, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Swift action is expected in the House to pass the bill and present it to President Obama, who is expected...