Current Employment

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As some of the dust begins to settle from the financial and professional fallout, Forbes says the mass layoffs in the financial industry are grossly affecting women over men.

This morning, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law. It was the first bill Obama has signed since taking office.

Joining him at the signing ceremony were, among others, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Lilly Ledbetter herself, who is seen on the video receiving the signatory pen.

Yesterday, the House voted 250-177 to send the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to the President’s desk. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, President Obama has indicated he will sign the bill tomorrow, making it the first major legislation approved under his tenure.

But debate still rages over whether the change in limitations on discrimination claims will help or hurt the future of HR law. Either way, passage of a controversial employment bill this early on is a clear harbinger of things to come…

The latest decision in Wal-Mart’s ongoing legal battles with its employees is in, and this one is probably going to increase the legal flies the retail giant will be swatting at in the near future.
A Pennsylvania judge has tacked $49 Million in attorney’s fees onto a $141 Million judgment for unpaid overtime against the nation’s [...]

Another day, another law firm debacle to report. First it was Sidley Austin’s ostentatious settlement earlier in the week. Now Ballard Spahr’s Baltimore office has apparently brought itself into court for discrimination.
From the Daily Intellegencer (via Law.com):
After attempting to resolve internally alleged issues of inequitable pay and the piecemeal removal of her practice over the [...]