Title VII of the Civil Rights Act requires employees alleging employment discrimination to show they suffered an adverse employment action as a result of their membership in a protected class....more
6/27/2024
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Discrimination ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employee Transfers ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Lateral Transfers ,
Muldrow v City of St Louis ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Title VII
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down race-based affirmative action in higher education in June 2023, effectively foreclosing the consideration of race in and of itself in that context.
Although the Court’s decision was...more
9/21/2023
/ Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Protection ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Race Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Title VI
This edition of Employment Flash summarizes key employment law issues related to COVID-19 as well as two seminal U.S. Supreme Court rulings that protect gay and transgender employees from discrimination, and clarify the...more
7/20/2020
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Age Discrimination ,
Appeals ,
Ballots ,
Business Closures ,
CARES Act ,
Certification Requirements ,
City of Los Angeles ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Contact Tracing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Emergency Orders ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employee Retention ,
Employee Rights ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Foreign Workers ,
France ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
International Labor Laws ,
LGBTQ ,
Local Ordinance ,
Misclassification ,
NLRB ,
Notice Requirements ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Posting Requirements ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Rehiring Issues ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
Right of Recall ,
San Francisco ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
UK ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Unemployment Compensation System ,
Unlimited Benefits ,
Vacation Pay ,
Vicarious Liability
The #MeToo Movement, now in its third year, continued its evolution from grassroots activism to legislative change in 2019, with new laws addressing discrimination and harassment emerging from state governments and resulting...more
1/23/2020
/ #MeToo ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Cal Code of Civil Procedure ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Deregulation ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Local Ordinance ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Mandatory Requirements ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
NYSHRL ,
OMB ,
Pre-Dispute Arbitration ,
Secret Settlements ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Standard of Proof ,
State Labor Laws ,
Transparency ,
Trump Administration ,
Unenforceable Contract Terms
As members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community (LGBT+) are increasingly open at work about their identities, circuit courts are recognizing that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects them from...more
4/26/2018
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Identity ,
LGBTQ ,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
Split of Authority ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Wrongful Termination
This edition examines recent labor and employment developments at the U.S. federal, state and local levels, including the House of Representatives' American Health Care Act and the Senate's Better Care Reconciliation Act, the...more
6/29/2017
/ Administrative Interpretation ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
CA Supreme Court ,
Comp Time ,
Conditional Certification ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Day of Rest Laws ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Essential Health Benefits ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Workweek ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Food Service Workers ,
France ,
Germany ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Joint Employers ,
Kindred Nursing Centers v Clark ,
Misclassification ,
Parental Leave ,
Retail Workers ,
Salary/Wage History ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
Split of Authority ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Whistleblowers
In This Issue:
- Supreme Court Rejects Sixth Circuit Yard-Man Vested Benefits Presumption
- Supreme Court Revives Pregnancy Discrimination Light Duty Case
- NY Wage Theft Protection Act Amended
- Senate...more
4/2/2015
/ Class Certification ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
E-Verify ,
Employee Benefits ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
H-1B ,
Home Health Care ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
Paid Leave ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Quickie Election Rules ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Tipped Employees ,
Vesting ,
Wage Theft Prevention Act ,
Yard Man
In This Issue:
- Supreme Court Rejects Security Screening Time Pay
- NLRB Finalizes Union Election Rule
- NLRB Reverses Employers’ Ability To Ban Employee Nonwork Email Use
- EEOC Challenges Employer...more
12/24/2014
/ Amazon ,
Ambush Election Rules ,
Arbitration ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Ebola ,
Email Policies ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Health Care Providers ,
Immigration Reform ,
Integrity Staffing v Busk ,
Joint Employers ,
McDonalds ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRB ,
SCOTUS ,
Security Checks ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sick Leave ,
Union Elections ,
Unions ,
Wellness Programs