A former teacher at a Michigan religious school lost her workplace discrimination claim at the Supreme Court Wednesday, as the justices deftly avoided the larger questions raised in the church-state dispute.
In most of the country, employers can force pregnant workers out of the workplace when their pregnancy interferes with their normal job duties.
How diverse are Silicon Valley's offices and executive suites? Activists have been trying for years to answer that question, but some of the industry's largest and most influential employers -- including Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook -- closely guard that information.
A former Whole Foods Market employee says he was fired because he is Muslim.
Every U.S. company with more than 100 employees is required to file a one-page form each year with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, an independent federal agency. Called the EEO-1, the form categorizes each company's U.S. workers by their self-identified race and gender.
Few issues divide the Supreme Court -- and the country at large -- more than church-state matters, and arguments before the Supreme Court on Wednesday involving a workplace discrimination lawsuit against a Lutheran church proved especially touchy.
Outdoor sporting goods retailer Bass Pro Shops is being sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly engaging in a pattern of hiring discrimination against African-American and Hispanic job applicants, the EEOC said in a statement Wednesday.
New York University will pay $210,000 to settle a harassment lawsuit after an employee was subjected to racial slurs and insults, according to a statement from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
When you're diagnosed with a long-term health problem -- such as multiple sclerosis, bipolar disorder, even arthritis or back problems -- the cost of your care is just one of your money worries. There's also a threat to your earning power. Should you reveal the condition to your boss or hide it as long as possible? When your employer finds out, could you fall off the promotion track? Get pushed into a dead-end position? Lose your job altogether?
A union that represents Southwest Airlines flight attendants said Wednesday that it will not file a federal complaint now that a pilot who made inappropriate comments about crew members has apologized.
Southwest Airlines apologizes for offensive remarks one of its pilots made on homosexuals and female flight attendants.
The Supreme Court put the brakes on a massive job discrimination lawsuit against mega-retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc., saying the plaintiffs had not shown justification for sweeping class-action status that could have potentially involved hundreds of thousands of current and former female workers.
The Supreme Court decided against allowing a class-action suit against Wal-Mart. CNN's Jeffrey Toobin explains why.
As much of the world now knows, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is the 62-year-old, now-former International Monetary Fund chief who was arrested Saturday after being accused of attacking a 32-year-old maid in a New York hotel, dragging her into his bathroom, attempting to pull off her pantyhose and forcing her to perform oral sex, according to New York City police and the Manhattan District Attorney.
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The federal government is calling a human-trafficking lawsuit against a California-based farm labor contractor and eight farms the largest case of alleged forced labor of farm workers in the United States.
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether to certify the largest class-action employment lawsuit in U.S. history, a long-standing dispute against mega-retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. over alleged gender bias in pay and promotions.
The Supreme Court takes on a bias case filed against Wal-Mart that has widespread implications. CNN's Mary Snow reports.
This week Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, called Anita Hill and left a message on her answering machine inviting her to apologize for testifying during Clarence Thomas' confirmation hearings.
Senator Orrin Hatch and CNN's political panel discuss why Ginni Thomas asked Anita Hill for an apology with John King.
An investigation is underway into the nationwide egg recall. CNN's Sandra Endo reports.
Can NFL teams legally ask prospective draft picks any question, no matter how offensive, during pre-draft interviews?
A federal appeals court has certified the largest class-action employment lawsuit in U.S. history, in a long-standing dispute against retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. over alleged gender bias in pay and promotions.
A federal appeals court has certified the largest class-action employment lawsuit in U.S. history, in a long-standing dispute against retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. over alleged gender bias in pay and promotions.
African-American workers at a Texas pipe factory endured a string of racial slurs and harassment and were targeted by their managers when they complained, federal investigators have determined.
Current and former employees charge a Louisiana-based oil services company of racism in the workplace.
A pregnant bartender says she is fighting to keep her job at a gentlemen's club in New York.
A woman is filing a discrimination claim against a topless bar because she says she was demoted after getting pregnant.
Lawry's, a California-based chain of high-end steakhouses, has agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle a sex-discrimination lawsuit that claimed it only hired women to wait on tables.
A major garment manufacturer in the U.S. North Pacific commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands settled with the U.S. government for $1.7 million after workers accused employers of ethnic and gender-based discrimination, the government announced.
For Lilly Ledbetter, it was a day of vindication over a decade in the making.
President Obama signs the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act into law.
On the 30th Anniversary of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, a new report shows there's still plenty of bias in the workplace against moms-to-be
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