Pay bias cases face 6-month limits: Supreme Court
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The U.S. Supreme Court handed business groups a victory on Tuesday by ruling that federal law limits pay discrimination lawsuits to a six-month period after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred.
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Among the new cases the Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will consider:
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The Supreme Court loosened restrictions Monday on corporate- and union-funded television ads that air close to elections, weakening a key provision of a landmark campaign finance law.
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These are among the actions taken by the Supreme Court on Monday:
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Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N  and Qwest Communications International Inc. Q.N asked a  federal appeals court Tuesday to block temporary rules by the  U.S. Federal Communications Commission forcing the companies to  lease phone lines to rivals for at least another six months.
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A former tire plant employee is asking the Supreme Court to uphold a jury verdict in her pay discrimination lawsuit in a case that employers and civil rights groups are watching closely.
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The Supreme Court let stand on Monday a ruling that the Visa and MasterCard credit card networks violated federal antitrust law by barring their member banks from issuing credit and charge cards on the rival networks of American
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The US Supreme Court gave opponents of Texas&#39;s new federal voting districts a new chance to challenge the plan, which may add as many as six Republicans to the state&#39;s congressional delegation in the Nov. 2 election.
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The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) agreed to delay by six months implementation of a rule that will force companies to treat employee stock options as an expense.
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A case alleging Wal-Mart Stores Inc . illegally docked workers' wages and refused to pay overtime to tens of thousands of employees in Massachusetts goes to trial next month, but a judge recently ruled that the workers couldn't sue over missed meal breaks.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday limited workers' ability to sue for pay discrimination, ruling against a Goodyear employee who earned thousands of dollars less than her male counterparts but waited too long to complain.
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Workers could be offered pay settlements lasting up to three years
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New York's judges have taken their long-standing battle for bigger paychecks into court, suing the state for higher salaries and back pay.
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The Federal Accounting Standards Board has voted to give companies six more months to meet new rules that would require companies to consider employee stock options an expense.
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reinstated pay raises for about 1,000 elected judges and district judges Thursday, adding fuel to a controversy that has roiled state politics for more than a year.
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Arbitration policies can't stop litigation The California Supreme Court ruled this week that employees who claim they've been cheated out of overtime can sue their employer, whether or not the company's arbitration policy forbids class actions.â¦
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The Supreme Court limited workers' ability to sue for pay discrimination Tuesday, ruling against a Goodyear employee who earned thousands of dollars less than her male counterparts but waited too long to complain