Employment Discrimination:
In the past few years, employees have obtained new ammunition to file lawsuits related to job discrimination in federal courts, though they still experience numerous challenges against the rising victories. According to the findings of recent studies, workers who sue over employment discrimination tend to lose at higher rates in federal courts as compared to other kinds of plaintiffs. However, most of these employees are hopeful that the recently signed Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act will herald an improved climate for discrimination lawsuits. This is primarily because the legislation makes it easier for employees to sue over pay discrimination on the basis of race, gender, disability, or age through the extension of the legal deadline to file such cases or lawsuits.
Due to the odds against winning employment discrimination cases, some lawyers have become reluctant to even try to an extent that they have stated that they will no longer take such discrimination suits due to the high possibility of losing. As a result of these measures, employment discrimination case filings in federal courts have declined by approximately 40% between 1999 and 2007 based on the federal court records (Koppel par, 5).
There are various reasons that have been attributed to the bad track record of employment discrimination cases including the dearth of minorities on the bench and intrinsic difficulties in proving employment discrimination. According to lawyers representing employers in such cases, the main reason attributed to the relatively poor performance in lawsuits is that companies tend to be quick in settling cases that seem...
On the contrary, cases that are not settled are usually frivolous and should be dismissed. One of the major concerns linked to these cases is that federal judges usually terminate employment-discrimination cases by using motions to dismiss in which plaintiffs are not permitted to carry out fact finding to support their claims.
Slips and Trips at Work:
Slips and trips in the workplace is one of the major aspects in business law, which is one of the major subcategories in tort law. They are also significant aspects in business law because they are the most common cause of injuries at work. Actually, slips and trips account for approximately 40% of all the reported major injuries in the working environment and can contribute to other kinds of serious accidents like falls from height. In the article by Health and Safety Executive, various measures that employers should take to help prevent slips and trips are discussed. In addition to providing simple and low-cost solutions to these major problems, the article describes measures that will be useful to employees and their safety representatives.
This article begins the description of the necessary measures for preventing slips and trips at work through examining significant provisions of major laws on the health and safety of employees at work. The first measure that employers should take to prevent slips and trips is risk assessment, which basically involves managing the health and safety risks in the workplace. While it's a requirement by the law, the employer should carry out risk assessment by first examining whether he/she is doing enough to prevent harm (Health…
