By refusing to consider a request by a Muslim school teacher for nearly three weeks of unpaid leave that would allow her to take a pilgrimage to Mecca, a suburban…
Two hospitals in Florida are part of a “hostile makeover” workplace trend: They are requiring job applicants to take a nicotine test, in order to screen out any who smoke,…
An Indianapolis attorney is facing three felony charges after allegedly taking the law into her own hands when she suspected her boyfriend might be with another woman.
Updated: A nonequity partner at Reed Smith’s Pittsburgh office claims in a lawsuit that women lawyers there are paid less than men and given work based on actual or hoped-for…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether up to 1.5 million former and current employees of Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club can bring their claims in a class action…
An African-American associate laid off from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld claims the law “showcased” her at minority events to create a false image of diversity, even as it…
After laying off hundreds of employees in the last few months, a law firm and related company known for their mortgage foreclosure work on behalf of lenders are now themselves…
A reported plan, by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, to cut the pay of its associates and counsel, going forward, by 20 percent, if they get more than 10 days behind…
At those firms lucky enough to partake in office celebrations this holiday season, employees should be extra vigilant against “alcohol-induced stupidity,” warns one law firm partner.
A long line began forming at 3 a.m. today outside the Orlando offices of a Florida personal injury firm that has promised to give away 1,000 free Thanksgiving turkeys today,…
News last week that some male employees of PricewaterhouseCoopers had participated in an e-mail “top 10” ratings scheme concerning the attractiveness of new female hires in the accounting firm’s Dublin…
Some workers whose complaints aren’t resolved by the U.S. Labor Department will be told of another option: Find a private lawyer through an ABA-approved lawyer referral program.
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