The Supreme Court agreed Monday, Dec. 6, that it will hear an appeal by Wal-Mart regarding one of the largest employment discrimination cases in U.S. history. The lawsuit, Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes, No. 10-277, was originally filed in 2001 and alleges Wal-Mart discriminated against hundreds of thousands of women in both pay and promotion.

Although she will never benefit from the new legislation expected to be signed into law tomorrow by President Barack Obama, Lilly Ledbetter of Jacksonville, Ala., is proud of the difference she's making in the lives of other hard working folks. The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which is the first significant legislation passed by the new Congress, will change the law regarding eligibility in filing for wage discrimination.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a $35.6 million judgment against Family Dollar Stores Inc. originally handed down by a Tuscaloosa, Ala., federal jury in 2006. The jury said the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by wrongly classifying employees as store managers in order to deny them overtime pay.