Here’s a way to kick off your next talk to supervisors about avoiding discrimination charges. More…

Passage of the Ledbetter Act — making it easier for employees to sue over claims of wage discrimination — has sent HR offices scurrying around to make sure they’ve retained every piece of paper associated with pay and promotions. That’s probably the wrong approach when building a defense against such claims. More…

Here’s an easy recipe for a lawsuit: A manager sees a resume and likes the candidate’s qualifications — but after meeting the applicant in person, immediately changes his mind. More…

If any of your managers think an employee complaint about unfair treatment or discrimination is unimportant, let them take a look at these statistics. More…

Some of the most expensive discrimination cases against employers in the last year resulted from managers who said the wrong thing at the wrong time — remarks that carried more weight than even the best documentation. More…

Why is it that someone named “Raheem” has a harder time finding a job than someone named “Robert”? More…

The legal rule used to be simple: An employer isn’t responsible if an independent contractor discriminates. A new court ruling has changed all that. More…

When does attempting to recruit a diverse group of applicants cross the line and become illegal discrimination? More…

When IT finds someone’s been browsing offensive Web sites on a work computer, you’d normally fire the employee. But what happens when it’s a computer several employees share? More…

An employee gets terminated and is given two different reasons for being let go. She sues the company, charging that the mixed signals prove she was let go so that the supervisor could hire a man to replace her. Who won this real-life case? More…