Labor and Employment

EEOC Rules Gender Bias Law Covers Gays and Lesbians

Federal law barring workplace gender bias covers gays and lesbians, the EEOC has ruled. “Discrimination on the basis of sexual […]

A more than year-old report from DLA Piper, commissioned by the Qatar government, found serious and rampant labor abuse, in […]

Estimates are that as many as one in 10 independent contractors in the U.S. now work under something resembling the […]

Last week the Department of Labor issued new guidance on how to determine whether a worker is an employee or […]

Research suggests that dysfunctional or downright abusive work supervisors may impact employee health. Writing in the New York Times, Georgetown […]

Along with passing free trade legislation this summer, in the form of a grant to the President of “trade promotion […]

The Texas Labor Code has been amended by state law to say a franchisor is not considered an employer for […]

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that unionized workers in a labor dispute couldn’t […]

The correlation wasn’t dramatic, but it was statistically significant, according to a team of university researchers. The hard numbers were […]

Ultra grocery store is set to settle a hiring discrimination case by paying women it failed to hire $200,000, and […]