Position relative + z-index = IE Bug

The problem

If you’re dealing with absolutely or relatively positioned elements and you’re noticing that the z-index property doesn’t seem to work, you may be encountering yet another IE bug.  In certain cases, IE 6 especially will ignore the z-index property of elements whose parents don’t have a z-index.

 

The Solution

Just give your container, or parent element a z-index of any number.  We added:

z-index:1

From:http://www.gobdg.com/blog/2009/04/positionrelative-z-index-ie-bug/