Transgender individuals can sue for gender discrimination, according to a recent EEOC ruling. More…

Remember that thing about equal pay for equal work? It also applies to severance packages, according to a recent federal court ruling.  More…

What would your managers do if a male employee announced he would start coming to work dressed as a woman? More…

It’s common for sympathetic co-workers to tell colleagues who’ve been fired that they should see an attorney about filing a lawsuit. But this is the first time we’ve come across an instance where the suggestion — allegedly — was made by the firm’s HR director. More…

Every organization faces a time when it’s necessary to fire an employee. Here are two examples of how not to do it. More…

In a decision sure to bring a smile to the faces of countless employers, a federal judge has ordered the EEOC to pay $2.6 million in legal fees and costs for the way it handled a decade-long lawsuit against an Ohio company. More…

A New York judge dismissed a class action suit claiming that women were discriminated against by communications giant Bloomberg. And along the way, the judge took a swipe at that whole work/life balance business. More…

A recent survey shows that straight white males are no longer the dominant breadwinners in the U.S. More…

It’s probably unlikely your company would ever face the prospect of more than a million employees suing you for discrimination. So why should you care about the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in the Wal-Mart class action bias case? More…

Note to management: If you’re going to look into a possible problem with unfair compensation practices, you better be ready to overhaul your policies. More…