Why should you care about employment law? The numbers speak for themselves . . .

• More than 500 employment lawsuits are filed every day.
• 1 out of every 5 employment law jury verdicts is a million-dollar case.
• Plaintiffs win 70% of employment lawsuits.

Sources: Council on Education in Management; Critical Measures; Wackenhut Corporation

If that isn’t enough, here are some recent verdicts . . .

100 Million Reasons to Change: Morgan Stanley paid $54 million in 2004 to settle pay and promotion gender discrimination claims and then paid another $46 million in 2007 to settle account-assignment gender discrimination claims.

Don’t Wait, Investigate: FedEx paid $61 million to two employees for failing to investigate their harassment and discrimination claims adequately.

Broke: Merrill Lynch paid $37 million to settle wage and hour overtime claims filed by brokers.

Raising a Stink: A disc jockey received $10.6 million after his employer failed to accommodate his allergy to a co-worker’s noxious perfume.

Cracked Barrel: Cracker Barrel paid $2 million as a result of a class action alleging sexual and racial harassment and retaliation.

Where There’s Smoke: A firefighter received $1 million after he was denied FMLA leave to care for his sick wife.