2015 Employment Labor Law Legal News Archives

December 2015

Blind Barber Receives Compensation for Wrongful Firing

Monday, 14 December, 2015

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and similar laws in most states protect disabled individuals from employment discrimination. The thrust of disability discrimination laws is that people who can do the job should not be denied employment because of prejudices or fears that customers will not want to do business … continue reading

September 2015

Utah Supreme Court Grants Employees Right to Workplace Self-Defense in Wal-Mart Lawsuit

Wednesday, 23 September, 2015

Utah’s Supreme Court held that threatened employees have a right to defend themselves without fear of being fired for their actions.  The Court issued its ruling in a wrongful termination lawsuit by five former Wal-Mart employees who accused the company of unlawfully enforcing a policy that requires workers withdraw from … continue reading

July 2015

EEOC Rules that Workplace Sexual Orientation Discrimination is Illegal

Monday, 20 July, 2015

Last week the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled that anti-gay discrimination in the workplace is a violation of federal law under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  Title VII is the vehicle by which any form of sexual discrimination in the workplace is criminalized, … continue reading

Will New Overtime Laws Mean Fewer Work Emails at Home?

Wednesday, 15 July, 2015

As reported by NPR, the Obama administration has proposed new rules that would increase the number of people eligible to receive overtime pay. The new rules may take effect by the beginning of 2016. White Collar vs. Blue Collar The Fair Labor Standards Act, passed in the 1930s, was intended to address concerns … continue reading

June 2015

ACLU Wants Investigation of Hollywood's Bias Against Women Directors

Monday, 1 June, 2015

According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), A large body of statistical evidence reveals dramatic disparities in the hiring of women directors in film and television; women are effectively excluded from directing big-budget studio films and seriously under-represented in television directing. The ACLU claims that women are systematically excluded from directing … continue reading

March 2015

Could Your Facebook Likes Cost You a Job Offer?

Friday, 6 March, 2015

The New York Times recently reported that researchers have come up with a way to predict your personality based on what you “like” on Facebook. The paper, by researchers at Cambridge University and Stanford University, is entitled “Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans” and was published … continue reading