The city of Kansas City has settled a discrimination case with a longtime employee.

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s recent focus on compliance and enforcement issues surrounding laws barring national origin-based job bias has some attorneys wondering if new guidance may be forthcoming.

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Employment attorney and their clients are closely watching the issue, particularly given the fact that many employers — such as certain government contractors, vendors and employers in certain fields, including child care — are required by law to conduct criminal background checks of current and potential employees.

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Former Hollister Co. manager-in-training Lakettra Bennett said the store violated her religious rights by not exempting her from the store’s dress code, which, she maintained, required sales associates to wear clothing that was too revealing. But a federal jury said ...

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New disability rules issued by the EEOC make one thing clear: the practice of disability law has changed dramatically. On Jan. 1, the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act went into effect, broadening the interpretation of “disability” and overturning U.S. Supreme ...

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In the wake of two U.S. Supreme Court rulings limiting the ability to bring successful discrimination claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is considering a number of actions, including issuing new regulations aimed ...

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