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If you are the parent of a learning disabled student, you know how difficult it is to find services to deliver the mandate of a "Free Appropriate Public Education" or "FAPE" under special education laws. While federal laws apply to any school receiving federal funds,...
The Great Recession challenged many retirement assumptions for those in their 50s and 60s. Investment portfolios have not recovered and many find they need to work more years and delay retirement. Forbes writer Deborah L. Jacobs reveals the steps employers take to rid...
The growth in population of those 65 or older continues to increase. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the number of US citizens over 65 will exceed 71,000, more than doubling the 2000 census count. Senior citizens are not only growing in...
In a recent opinion, Ondo v. City of Cleveland, the Sixth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Alice Batchelder, upheld the trial court's striking of plaintiffs' affidavits and granting judgment as a matter of law for defendant. Plaintiffs brought a lawsuit pursuant to 42...
Sarah's supervisor makes sexually suggestive comments to her at work. Each time it happens, Sarah tells him to leave her alone. After months of the unwanted harassment, the same supervisor fires Sarah, claiming her work performance is not up to par. Sarah now wants to...
Indiana is in the news for passing a religious freedom law that many perceive to be a law that promotes discrimination against homosexuals. In Michigan, however, it remains legal to discriminate against Gays and Lesbians in employment, housing, education or providing...
The United States Supreme Court made it easier for pregnant workers to prove discrimination cases, ruling for the plaintiff in Peggy Young vs. United Parcel Service on March 25, 2015. Ms. Young was a driver for UPS who, after becoming pregnant, had a lifting...
Pregnancy discrimination was before the Supreme Court on December 3. University of Michigan Law Professor Sam Bagenstos argued the case of Peggy Young, a pregnant worker who was denied accommodations by UPS that were afforded to other workers with medical...
Over 32 million people have viewed a video posted on YouTube last week that shows the catcalls and comments that one woman received when she walked around New York City while being videotaped from a camera hidden in a colleague's backpack. In the period of ten hours,...
Washtenaw Community College discriminated against Female Candidate in violation of State and Federal Law, lawsuit alleges. A new lawsuit filed against WCC this week in Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan alleges the College intentionally...