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7 Aug 2018, 11:30 am by Ann Brown
Although Iowa passed its Equal Pay Act in 2009, and it is one of the strongest Equal Pay Acts in the nation, it requires that employees file a complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission or file a lawsuit in order to remedy unfair pay. [read post]
7 Aug 2018, 9:07 am by John Jascob
While many will focus on Judge Kavanaugh’s views on issues such as reproductive rights (See, e.g., Garza v. [read post]
5 Aug 2018, 4:44 pm by Eugene Volokh
Stand-your-ground laws generally resolve an important but narrow legal question that has been debate in the U.S. for over 200 years: If you are threatened with deadly force (or rape or kidnapping or, in some states, some other serious crime) outside your home (or, in some states, your workplace) but you can avoid the threat with complete safety by retreating, are you allowed to use deadly force to stay where you are and defend yourself (that's "stand your ground") or do you… [read post]
3 Aug 2018, 4:00 am by Public Employment Law Press
Disciplinary Actions and Penalties applicable to public officers and employees of New York State and its political subdivisions The excerpts below are from The Discipline Book1  An electronic guide to disciplinary actions involving public officers and employees in New York State. [read post]
2 Aug 2018, 9:30 pm by Sarah Madigan
The American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights groups filed a class action against Trump Administration officials over “punitive and inhumane” conditions in a California prison that detained immigrants and refugees must endure. [read post]
26 Jul 2018, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
The county ethics commission ruled there was probable cause Stoddard had violated Cody’s “right to be heard” under the county’s Citizens’ Bill of Rights. [read post]
26 Jul 2018, 1:53 pm by Helena Okolicsanyi
However, if consumers want to file a formal complaint on their own, which is akin to filing a complaint in court, they’re going to have to pony up the $225 filing fee, which is less than the current $400 fee for filing a civil complaint with the U.S. [read post]
26 Jul 2018, 12:57 pm by Christopher McKinney
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.The EEOC had charged that numerous employees at the locally owned Glen Carbon and Alton, Ill., restaurants were routinely sexually harassed by coworkers and managers, including offensive sexual comments, groping, physical threats, and, in one instance, attempted forced oral sex with a management employee.The EEOC filed its lawsuit in September 2017 (Equal Employment Opportunity Commis­sion et al. v. 2098… [read post]
26 Jul 2018, 8:00 am by Charles B. Jimerson, Esq.
Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424 (1983) (“the [significant issues] test is whether the party ‘succeeded on any significant issue in litigation which achieves some of the benefit the parties sought in bringing suit. [read post]