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07/20/2016

Fox News Chair Reportedly Scores $40M Severance Amid Sexual Harassment Claims From Multiple Women.
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06/07/2016

DC Minimum Wage Will Reach $15 An Hour By 2020. https://t.co/Xs2vzWnT4s

The D.C. Council has approved a bill that will raise the city's minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2020.

06/03/2016

Employers Beware: EEOC Doubles Fines For Failing To Display EEO Posters.https://t.co/3CGQezhFey

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is more than doubling the monetary fines for employers that fail to properly post federal laws that protect workers from discrimination.

05/27/2016

Exotic Dancers: Employees or Contractors? Courts Say Dancers Were Stripped of Wages And Award Millions. https://t.co/XGymys9JCj

An Atlanta strip club is being sued by dancers who say they were denied minimum wage and overtime pay, according to a report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

05/26/2016

Lowe's To Pay $8.6m to Workers. EEOC Said Medical Leave Policy Illegal. Employers Review Your Policies. https://t.co/kpKLYF39XZ

Lowe's Cos (LOW.N) has reached an $8.6 million settlement of a U.S. agency lawsuit accusing the nation's second-largest home improvement retailer of illegally firing workers who went on medical leave for a long time.

05/26/2016

White Manager Urinates On Filipino Employee And Calls Him The N Word. Case Settles For 250k. https://t.co/EHe72nYqxQ

American Casing & Equipment Will Pay $250,000 to Settle EEOC Discrimination And Retaliation Suit

05/24/2016

5 Steps Employers Should Take To Prepare For The New Overtime Rules.https://t.co/BHTqxKvYQN

For months now, businesses of all sizes have been holding their collective breath waiting for the Department of Labor (DOL) to implement rule changes that could have a significant impact on labor costs.

05/17/2016

$31.22 Million Awarded To Pharmacist Who Sued Walmart For Gender Discrimination And Retaliation. https://t.co/srxJBxK5EX

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) was ordered by a federal jury in New Hampshire to pay $31.22 million to a pharmacist who claimed she was fired because of her gender and in retaliation for complaining about safety conditions.

05/12/2016

EEOC Charges Allege Frontier Airlines Discriminates Against Breastfeeding And Pregnant Women. https://t.co/14POFvMYft

Four Frontier Airlines pilots filed discrimination complaints against the airline.

05/11/2016

NC Democrats Try To Flush Bathroom Bill By Proposing The Equality of All Act. https://t.co/fvJ0LGFhaO

New legislation was filed Tuesday by a group of North Carolina Democrats in what they hope to be the "most comprehensive non-discrimination legislation for LGBT and other North Carolinians."

01/17/2014

The Capital Business Source has moved to Washington, DC and we invite you to join us on January 22nd for our first educational seminar of 2014 – The Top Ten Legal Issues Confronting Small Businesses. Presented by: Ardra M. O’Neal, Esq. of The O’Neal Firm As a small business owner, the legal landscap...

11/04/2013

Le***an, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Workers: Senate To Vote Today On Employment Non Discrimination Act.http://t.co/Zvmj4GSf3g