Articles on workplace-related issues from newspapers and Internet news sources around the country. Updated daily. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by older pilots who sued their union over an interpretation of a law that raised the mandatory retirement age for airline pilots to 65. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9813 The Stella D'Oro Biscuit Company factory in the Bronx, where 134 workers on strike since last August have been replaced, must reinstate the workers and pay them wages going back to May, a federal administrative law judge has ruled. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9812 The court faced complex issues in the New Haven, Conn., controversy. It offered a measured ruling. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9811 Unemployment rates rose in all the largest U.S. metropolitan areas for the fifth straight month in May. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9810 Wal-Mart, a huge company once criticized for its less than generous employee benefits, has embraced President Obama's call for requiring all large employers to offer health insurance to their workers. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9809 When you're reinventing yourself in a new career, first impressions are even more important because everyone secretly doubts that you have what it takes to be successful. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9808 In the term that ended Monday, the Supreme Court shifted more to the right, making it harder for people to bring civil rights claims, rejecting challenges by environmentalists and raising the standard for older workers alleging bias on the job. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9807 President Obama told a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Thursday that Congress should begin debating a comprehensive immigration plan by year's end or early next year, but Republicans said they would support a measure only if it included an expansion of guest worker programs. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9806 A popular Hickory Hills, Ill., banquet facility and country club will pay up to $690,000 to settle two lawsuits, charging sex and race discrimination and retaliation, brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9804 A federal judge has refused to dismiss a discrimination lawsuit by a Suffolk County Community College security guard who says the school barred him from using a cane on the job unless he agreed to take an overnight shift so he would have little interaction with students or other guards. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9803 The Delaware House and Senate passed a bill Wednesday night banning discrimination based on sexual orientation. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9802 Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told lawmakers Wednesday that President Barack Obama is willing to listen to suggestions on how to pay for a health care overhaul, as long as they don't increase the deficit. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9801 ...To really excel as an HR professional, it's what you learn about the job by doing the job that proves most valuable... http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9800 Lawyers for President Obama are quietly drafting first-of-their kind guidelines barring workplace discrimination against transgender federal employees, officials said Tuesday. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9799 The mandatory arbitration clause -- long maligned by self-styled consumer advocates and other would-be do-gooders -- is also negatively highlighted in Obama's Financial Regulatory Reform plan, which indicates that, for some financial products and services, the days of mandatory arbitration could be coming to an end. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9798 The mandatory arbitration clause... is also negatively highlighted in Obama's Financial Regulatory Reform plan, which indicates that, for some financial products and services, the days of mandatory arbitration could be coming to an end. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9797 The justices, overturning a jury award won by a 54-year-old who was demoted, say workers bear the full burden of proof. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9796 Democrat Tom Daschle and Republicans Bob Dole and Howard Baker put forth an alternative proposal Wednesday. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9795 A Phoenix-based military contractor will pay $110,000 to settle a complaint of sex and age discrimination filed by the U.S. Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency said Wednesday. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9794 President Barack Obama, offering a small win to the gay-rights community, will sign a directive Wednesday giving some new benefits to the domestic partners of federal civil service employees. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9793 If I could have read "Womenomics" back then, a new book just out from two TV journalists, I probably could have found my voice sooner. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9792 Starting any new job is hard, and coming back to work after a long layoff can be even harder. You have to re-establish a routine, refresh your skills and rebuild your confidence. Here's how to make a successful re-entry. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9791 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a class litigation settlement under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act for one half million dollars and significant remedial relief in a case against Fire Mountain Restaurants LLC, doing business as Ryan's Family Steakhouse (Ryan's). http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9790 Tory Johnson Explains Things You Should Think About Before Going on Maternity Leave. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9789 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that national retail giant Dillard's, Inc. will pay $110,000 and provide significant remedial relief to settle a same-sex harassment lawsuit involving two male victims. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9788 This spring, I tracked down a couple of the people I had met while working on my 2001 book, "Nickel and Dimed," in which I worked in low-wage jobs like waitressing and housecleaning, and I found them no more gripped by the recession than by "American Idol"; things were pretty much "same old." http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9787 This should be labor's big moment: a Democratic White House and Congress poised to overhaul the nation's health care system. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9786 Can't seem to find a job? Maybe you're just not looking in the right places. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9785 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit for $1,450,000 and significant equitable relief against Schott North America, a multinational developer and manufacturer of special glass and specialty materials, components and systems, based in Elmsford, N.Y. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9784 Especially in today's turbulent job market, it's important to ask important questions and be on your boss's radar (and not because you asked him if he showers daily). http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9783 Stimulus spending this summer will be guided by Vice President Joe Biden's 'Roadmap to recovery,' which he presented to the president Monday. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9782 In a squeaker of a vote, the Oregon Senate approved a bill that prevents businesses from requiring workers to attend company-organized meetings about politics, including union organizing, and religion. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9781 Nonprofits See a Flood of Applications With Business and Legal Know-How http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9780 FedEx Corp. is starting what it describes as a multimillion-dollar campaign to derail proposed federal legislation that would make it easier for the company's workers to unionize. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9779 IN more than a few circles - publishing, finance, automotive design - small talk at cocktail parties has shifted from real estate (too depressing) to the Plan B career (a fatalistic, yet somehow sunnier topic). http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9778 Our research confirms that - all across the workplace - there is a shocking and profound lack of daily guidance, direction, feedback, and support for staff from those who are their immediate supervisors. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9776 Providence Alaska Medical Center has agreed to pay $220,000 and other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit on behalf of five workers laid off and denied rehire because of their age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9775 Area Erectors, Inc., a construction company headquartered in Rockford, Ill., will pay $630,000 and provide significant remedial relief to settle a race discrimination class lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. http://www.workplacefairness.org/index.php?page=news#9774