The city of Kansas City has settled a discrimination case with a longtime employee who made an EEOC claim after losing her job.

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s recent focus on compliance and enforcement issues surrounding laws barring national origin-based job bias has some attorneys wondering if new guidance may be forthcoming.

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Employment attorney and their clients are closely watching the issue, particularly given the fact that many employers — such as certain government contractors, vendors and employers in certain fields, including child care — are required by law to conduct criminal background checks of current and potential employees.

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As genetic research, technology and testing continues to advance, Congress enacted the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act to regulate health plans and protect applicants, employees and union members from the discriminatory misuse of genetic information.

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President Barack Obama's 216-page budget request contains numerous items for lawyers to keep an eye on as the budget works its way through Congress.

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Employers are coming under increasing scrutiny and are now facing freshly filed lawsuits over credit screenings of job applicants.

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Former Hollister Co. manager-in-training Lakettra Bennett said the store violated her religious rights by not exempting her from the store’s dress code, which, she maintained, required sales associates to wear clothing that was too revealing. But a federal jury said ...

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Allstate Insurance Co. agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle an age-discrimination class action lawsuit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed nearly five years ago. The settlement fund will be divided among 90 former employees whom the insurer would not ...

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New disability rules issued by the EEOC make one thing clear: the practice of disability law has changed dramatically. On Jan. 1, the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act went into effect, broadening the interpretation of “disability” and overturning U.S. Supreme ...

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In the wake of two U.S. Supreme Court rulings limiting the ability to bring successful discrimination claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is considering a number of actions, including issuing new regulations aimed ...

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Two win Greene County judicial commission seats SPRINGFIELD (MOLW) Attorneys Brent Green and Clif Smart won a run-off election Feb. 25 to fill out the seats on the commission that will nominate judges for Greene County Circuit Court. Green, an ...

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