Employer Fails to Prove Good Reason for Unequal Pay
May 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a Missouri employer did not...
Tag: Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967
U.S. High Court Rules for Employer in Pre-Pregnancy Discrimination Act Case
May 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled for the employer in a closely watched discrimination case...
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Hospital Accused of Firing Employee for Having Cancer
May 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Pittsburgh hospital charged with firing an employee because she had cancer has agreed to...
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3M Accused of Age Discrimination
May 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Current and former employees of 3M Company have filed a class action lawsuit in U.S....
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Racial, Gender Pay Disparities Continue to Exist
April 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Newly released census data shows a narrow gap between education levels of different races and...
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Nursing Home Group to Pay $450K for National Origin Discrimination
April 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., Skilled Healthcare, LLC, and other affiliated companies, will pay up to...
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Nordstrom Agrees to $300K Discrimination Suit Settlement
April 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Department store Nordstrom, Inc. will pay $292,500 to 10 former employees to settle a government...
High Court to Consider Racial Disparity in City's Promotion Test
April 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court this week will review a major job bias case asking what...
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EEOC Settles Two Religious Discrimination Cases
April 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has approved settlement agreements in two religious discrimination lawsuits against a St....
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NC Woman to Get $300,000 for Pregnancy Discrimination
April 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Britthaven, Inc., a Kinston, North Carolina-based nursing home and assisted living chain, will pay $300,000...
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Couple Says Health Coverage Dropped for not Being Gay
March 31, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A heterosexual couple in Washington State is challenging an employer's decision to drop health care...
Mother of Young Children Can Pursue Sex-bias Claim against WellPoint
March 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a WellPoint employee can pursue...
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Man 'Has No Stomach' for Sales?
March 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan salesman is suing his former boss for more than $25,000, claiming he was...
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'Stranger than Fiction' Producers Settle on Pregnancy Discrimination Charges
February 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Crick Pictures, L.L.C., and Mandate Pictures, L.L.C., will pay $75,000 to settle a federal pregnancy...
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J.C. Penney Agrees to $50K Settlement of Race Discrimination Claim
February 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc. will pay $50,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by...
Cash Balance Suit Plaintiff Seeks Dismissal Rehearing
February 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An employee who had his age discrimination claim against a cash balance plan dismissed has...
Ledbetter Pay Equity Bill Signed into Law
January 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act,...
Northwest Target-Date DC Plan Escapes Legal Challenge
January 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Minnesota has rebuffed an age-discrimination challenge to Northwest Airlines' defined contribution...
Court Upholds Higher Pension Contribution Requirement for Older Workers
January 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has ruled that Baltimore County did...
2nd Circuit Gives CFO's Age Discrimination Suit a 2nd Chance
January 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has sent a former chief financial officer's age...