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Government sues Union Pacific over using flawed test to disqualify color blind railroad workers
The federal government has joined several former workers, including some who worked in Arizona, in suing Union Pacific over the way it used a vision test to disqualify workers the railroad believed were color blind and might have trouble reading signals telling them to stop a train.
AG: Supreme Court case binding on sex discrimination in workplace in Arizona
Attorney General Mark Brnovich is going to begin enforcing Arizona's civil rights laws against private employers who discriminate based on someone's sexual orientation.
McNeil firing followed EEOC complaint on racial, gender comments
One day before Gov. Jan Brewer fired Arizona Department of Administration Brian McNeil, the Governor’s Office received a complaint filed against him with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that he’d created a hostile work environment by making inappropriate comments about an employee’s ethnicity and gender.
Court: Mine can give job preference to Navajo workers on Navajo land
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Peabody Western Coal Co. can give preference to Navajo tribal members when making hiring decisions for mines on the Navajo Nation.
Uncharted territory: regulating social networking
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is about to tread into uncharted territory: regulating what employers can purposefully view on social networking sites.
