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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is poised to become the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Throughout her confirmation hearings this week, the topic of Judge Brown Jackson’s race was raised on more than one occasion, and some have questioned whether...
On Tuesday, March 15, President Joe Biden marked Equal Pay Day by signing an executive order that highlights steps for closing the pay gap for government employees and contractors. He also urged privately held companies to do the same during an event attended by the...
Today the US. House of Representatives passed the “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair” Act, also known as the CROWN Act. The bill, which President Biden says he “strongly supports”, now heads to the Senate. The purpose of the bill is to...
Maryland is an "at-will employment" state, which means that either the employer or the employee can terminate the employment relationship, unless a binding contract stipulates otherwise. In the absence of a contract, a resignation or dismissal can be for any reason or...
In the season 4 episode of The Office titled “Fun Run,” the character of Michael Scott (the Regional Manager of the fictional company Dunder Mifflin Inc., played by Steve Carell), accidentally hits his employee, Meredith, with his car, sending her to the hospital. ...
Earlier this week, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team reached a settlement in its class action lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation. According to the complaint, which was initially filed back in 2016 and brought claims under Title VII and the Equal Pay Act,...
It is good for employers to do a statistical analysis of employee compensation periodically. It can help identify adverse compensation statistics specific to such demographics as race, gender, country of origin or other common threads. This analysis can help root out...
Employers commonly include mandatory arbitration clauses in their employees’ employment contracts, which prevent their employees from filing employment related claims in court. While these clauses are often touted as promoting efficiency, they have come under fire in...
A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that the diner chain failed to pay proper wages to servers. At issue were tasks that did not relate directly to their positions as servers. The lead plaintiff, Lindsay Rafferty, is a former...
Critics have attacked the technology industry for decades over its treatment of women. There were stories of women dismissed for not accepting sexual advances from coworkers and managers, disregarded as intellectually inferior, or questioned for lack of commitment to...