When an employee raises concerns regarding sex discrimination in the workplace, it is the employer’s job to thoroughly investigate the complaint in an effort to resolve the issue. When employers ignore signs of sex discrimination, sometimes they find themselves subject to an employment discrimination lawsuit. A recent article in the Des Moines Register details of… Read More »
FMLA Pay Reduction Violation Lawsuit
Of interest to employees who earn additional income by working weekend or graveyard shifts, earlier this month, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas ruled in favor of an employer who discontinued an employee’s shift differential following FMLA leave.The case involves a nurse who was paid a shift differential of 30 percent… Read More »
Iowa Employee Arbitration Agreements
Businesses Favored in Arbitration – Employees At Short End of Stick Somewhere in that stack of paperwork you are presented with by a new employer, may lurk an arbitration agreement. Many employees are asked to sign an arbitration agreement, in which they give up the right to sue in court for employment-related issues such as… Read More »
