A new study finds that an overwhelming majority of workplace-discrimination suits don’t get anywhere near trial. And when they do, plaintiffs mostly lose.

With a heightened awareness of workplace rights, a growing number of employees who are striving to balance the demands of job and family are turning to the Family & Medical Leave Act.

Plus, what constitutes sexual harassment, what you need to know before testing applicants for drugs and more discrimination case law here.

Plus, when public-accessibility requirements come into play, when it’s too late to request FMLA leave, and other recent employment-law decisions.

After a six-week trial, a New York jury awarded $3.3 million in lost pay and other damages to a dozen U.S. women sales representatives at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. Read the company’s statement here.

What happens when an employee is “perceived” as gay? When a manager suggests a staffer is old? Read the latest employment-law rulings here.

Is an interactive process needed when no accommodations exist for an employee with a disability? Can employees who undergo chemotherapy qualify as having a disability? Find out how the courts ruled on these and other employment-law cases.

When can an ex-employee legally access business information? How can you prevent liability from workers who have (or haven’t) read posters and policies? Read the latest employment-law decisions here.

Plus, precedent on the definition of national origin, rulings based on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and other discrimination-lawsuit decisions.