Published: 12/9/2011 The first amendment in the Bill of Rights prohibits any governing body in the United States from establishing laws regarding religion and freedom of speech.... READ MORE

Published: 12/9/2011 In Ohio, Shari Hutchinson, a lesbian and account clerk for the Child Support Enforcement Agency, received a $100,000 award after she settled with her employer in a discrimination lawsuit.... READ MORE

Published: 12/6/2011 Sexual harassment in the workplace comes in numerous forms and an employee doesn't have to be physically threatened by a coworker in order to file a harassment lawsuit against the company.... READ MORE

Published: 12/6/2011 Companies are mandated by law to hire without discrimination to religion, gender, sex, race or sexual orientation.... READ MORE

Published: 12/2/2011 According to a study by Vanderbilt University, women are six times more likely to be faced with sexual harassment in the workplace than men.... READ MORE

Published: 11/30/2011 There may have been a record number of employment practices insurance claims over the past 12 months.... READ MORE

Published: 11/30/2011 Employment practices insurance may cover companies for legal costs regarding equal opportunity employment lawsuits and Comcast could be forced to rely on that due to racial discrimination charges related to one of its Chicago offices.... READ MORE

Published: 11/23/2011 Sexual harassment cases are common in the United States and often lead to lawsuits involving employment practices insurance.... READ MORE

Published: 11/10/2011 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced it has settled a lawsuit with a leading engineering company that agreed to pay the agency $110,000.... READ MORE