The Background - On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) held that Title VII prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation or status as a...more
6/17/2020
/ Altitude Express Inc v Zarda ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Civil Rights Act ,
EEOC v RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
Welcome to the second edition of The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some key employment trends, in-depth discussions regarding recent developments and what...more
10/4/2018
/ #MeToo ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Medical Leave ,
Misclassification ,
No-Poaching ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Paid Leave ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tipped Employees ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour ,
Website Accessibility ,
Work Schedules
Welcome to the first edition of The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some of the key employment trends that affected New York employers in 2017, and our...more
7/20/2018
/ #MeToo ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
NLRB ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Leave ,
Popular ,
Retailers ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Sick Leave ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
As we discussed in our May 22, 2017 blog post, the Second Circuit agreed to hold an en banc hearing to determine whether an estate for a gay man, who alleged he was terminated as a result of a customer complaint related to...more
Following the Supreme Court decision that same sex marriages are legal, there has been a movement to further expand rights and protections against sexual orientation bias. That trend is appearing in federal courts, where...more
On February 22, 2017, the Trump Administration rescinded the Obama Administration’s guidance related to transgender students’ access to bathrooms and locker room facilities that align with their gender identity, which was...more