The 5th Circuit unanimously reversed a well-publicized lower court's ruling in a sex discrimination case and held for the first time that lactation is related to pregnancy and, therefore, covered by Title VII and the...more
6/12/2013 - Breastfeeding Discrimination PDA Pregnancy Discrimination Sex Discrimination Title VII
Because the trucking industry is a male-dominated industry in which women remain a minority, transportation employers have frequently encountered sex harassment and sex discrimination lawsuits. Although the Equal Employment...more
2/18/2013 - Class Action EEOC Settlement Sex Discrimination Sexual Harassment Trucking Industry
In a year in which equal pay looks to be hot issue, the Fair Pay Act (S. 168, H.R. 438) was reintroduced in Congress in both the House and the Senate by Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)...more
1/31/2013 - Discrimination Fair Pay Act FLSA Gender Pay Equity Gender-Based Pay Discrimination Paycheck Fairness Act Racial Discrimination Sex Discrimination Wages
On January 28, 2013, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released fiscal year 2012 statistics on employment discrimination charges filed with the agency. Retaliation (37,836) was the most frequently filed...more
1/30/2013 - Discrimination EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Racial Discrimination Retaliation Sex Discrimination Sexual Harassment
On January 23, 2013, outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that the Pentagon would be lifting the longstanding ban on women serving in direct combat positions in the US military. This measure reverses the 1994...more
1/28/2013 - Direct Ground Combat Definition and Assignment Rule Discrimination Sex Discrimination
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