Long-serving House Democrats, particularly black lawmakers, fear that the gavel fight between Reps. John Dingell and Henry Waxman will “open a can of worms” and wreck the seniority system that ...

Previously, in a case called Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison, 432 U. S. 63 (1977), the Supreme Court ruled an employer and a union that had agreed on a seniority system were not required to ...

Seniority as a factor in determining layoffs is, of course, not unique to public education. As a system it has some virtues, being both transparent to employees and easy to administer.

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The CBC — as well as the Congressional Hispanic Caucus — have historically argued that the current system, in which seniority plays a heavy role in determining who gets to chair committees ...

ByJohn S. McClenahen In another eagerly anticipated disabilities-law ruling, a divided U.S. Supreme Court has said that in most instances the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) does not ...

Winning in November will buy Pelosi time, but it won’t change the system. It won’t make the Seth Moultons and the Tim Ryans of her party happy. It will just buy time to change a sclerotic system.

This system — referred to within the district as “site selection” — is already in place in 169 of the district’s 212 schools. WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor In 2012-13, nearly half ...

WASHINGTON — Setting out important guidelines for employees seeking protection under a landmark federal disabilities law, the Supreme Court narrowly ruled Monday that disabled workers are not… ...

United Airlines Inc did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act when it changed its policy of reserving certain work for injured employees and removed a man with back problems from his job ...