The U.S. agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws said on Wednesday that it had sued Walmart Inc. over allegations it fired hourly workers with disabilities who could not pass a computer-based test. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said that the …
NEW YORK –– The New York State Division of Human Rights has filed a complaint against Amazon.com Inc. accusing the online retailer of discriminating against pregnant and disabled workers at its worksites, Governor Kathy Hochul said on Wednesday. Amazon was …
Missouri House members advanced legislation Thursday that seeks to replenish an insolvent fund for disabled workers while also preventing people who experience job-related illnesses from filing civil lawsuits. Both elements are designed to address consequences from a 2005 overhaul to …
A federal appeals court has revived an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit against United Airlines Inc, and said U.S. law generally requires employers to reassign disabled workers to vacant jobs for which they are qualified. Friday’s decision by the 7th …
A federal judge ordered a Texas-based company accused of abusing and underpaying several mentally disabled men at a turkey plant in Iowa to pay $1.76 million to the former workers, the U.S. Labor Department said. The partial summary judgment was …