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EEOC Issues First Update on National Origin Discrimination Since 2002
In its first update in 14 years, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new Enforcement Guidance on National Origin Discrimination (“Enforcement Guidance”) on November 21, 2016,...
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Marrying Sex and Sexuality under Title VII
Several recent cases are poised to set a major tonal shift in the realm of LGBT employee rights following the Supreme Court’s 2015 landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. As part of its ongoing...
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Get it on the Calendar: Employees’ Sabbath Work Claims Survive, but Tenth...
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah granting summary judgment in favor of Kellogg USA in a case involving an alleged...
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Let Them Eat Cake: Religious Accommodations, LGBTQ Rights and Other Workplace...
In a highly anticipated ruling, in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of a cake shop owner who refused to make a wedding cake for a...
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Does Title VII Protect Gay & Transgender Employees? The Supreme Court May...
As early as November 30, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to hear three high profile employment cases that question whether Title VII’s ban on sex discrimination protects gay and...
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Hut-Hut-Hike: The Second Circuit Tackles Hostile Work Environment Claims...
In a case of first impression, the Second Circuit has held that hostile work environment claims are cognizable under the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). In Fox v. Costco Wholesale Corporation,...
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Teachable Moment on Equal Pay Act and Title VII as Fourth Circuit Rejects...
The Fourth Circuit recently issued a decision discussing whether a university professor established pay-related claims under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII. This case has important implications for...
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Use It or Lose It: SCOTUS holds that EEOC Charge-Filing Requirement Is...
On June 3, 2019, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis, resolving a circuit split regarding whether Title VII’s charge-filing requirement with the...
View ArticleLandmark Supreme Court Ruling Guarantees LGBTQ+ Workplace Protections
On June 15, and just in time for LGBTQ+ Pride month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision holding that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees from discrimination on...
View ArticleExecutive Order Restricts Federal Contractor Diversity Training
On September 22, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping prohibiting certain diversity-related training in the federal workforce and among government...
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