In a decisive move that underscores the deepening divide between state and federal authority on civil rights enforcement, the Illinois legislature earlier this week approved a bill that bans dispa...

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The commission says in a news release that the information contributed to an ongoing enforcement action of suspected misconduct. Commission chair Brenda Leong says the payout shows that when peopl...

The worker just wanted to stay home – one phone call changed everything A supervisor's phone order over a workplace drug test just cost a police lieutenant his legal shield against a personal lawsu...

What employers should know about key developments this week: EEOC Proposes Eliminating EEO-1 Reports: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is proposing the complete elimination of ...

A profile he denied owning helped seal the outcome at his hearing A welder claimed his injured hand left him unable to work. A Tennessee court didn't buy it, and his own texts told a different stor...

Two utilization reviewers said no. A judge who watched her limp said otherwise A Tennessee employer used paper reviews to block a worker's knee surgery. A judge sided with the doctor who actually e...

The Commission says "preferred and predominant" has teeth - but not the way the union argued Can an employer hire contractors when its enterprise deal says permanent staff come first? The Fair Work...

A sign-here form promised to cut three allowances. The Commission had other ideas A sign-here form can't undo what an enterprise agreement promises. GrainCorp learned that at the Fair Work Commissi...

Sixty hours a week yet still legally casual, and that was just the start A security guard who worked up to 60 hours weekly was still legally casual, member Sarah Kennedy-Martin ruled on 7 April 202...