“The rock and the hard place.” How often do employers find themselves here? If employers have LGBTQ employees in certain states, they are now bumping up against the “rock” of federal laws, like Title VII and Title IX, and the...more
5/14/2024
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Discrimination ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
LGBTQ ,
Mandatory Requirements ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
SCOTUS ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Title IX ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Workplace Harassment Guidance
Sexual orientation, gender identity, and race continue to be widely discussed and politicized throughout the U.S. Issues related to these protected categories also continue to arise in the workplace. The EEOC recently issued...more
10/17/2023
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Identity ,
Harassment ,
Investigations ,
LGBTQ ,
Proposed Guidance ,
Race Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Title VII
Compassion can be a wonderful tool in many of the things we do in Human Resources and the labor and employment legal world. It’s also a great starting point when an employee walks into an HR or supervisor’s office to say...more
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year (in the “Bostock” case) that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation and transgender status, many predicted the...more
2/23/2021
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Biden Administration ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Employee Training ,
Executive Orders ,
Gender Identity ,
LGBTQ ,
SCOTUS ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII
A few weeks ago, we told you the story of Hannah and Bob, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark holding that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is impossible to discriminate against a person for being gay,...more
8/4/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Applications ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Civil Rights Act ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Freedom of Religion ,
Gender Identity ,
Grooming Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Personnel Records ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) ,
SCOTUS ,
Termination ,
Title VII
To illustrate why an employer violates federal employment law by discriminating against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, the United States Supreme Court majority told the stories of Hannah and Bob. More...more
6/16/2020
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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
Some pretty horrifying facts about workplace conduct at the Providence, R.I., Fire Department involving co-workers: calling a female lieutenant firefighter “bitch” “c—t,” “lesbian lover,” and “lesbo”; telling her, “I don’t...more
2/7/2018
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Civil Rights Act ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII
Some of our attorneys attended an update meeting with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Miami leadership on June 16, 2017. Mike Farrell is the EEOC Miami District Director, and Bob Weisberg is the EEOC...more
You are an HR generalist at a 300-bed community hospital. Your boss has instructed you to make sure that all personnel files document that the employee received the hospital’s annual mandatory flu vaccination. However, you...more
Though most Americans do not seem to realize it, anti-discrimination legal protections in employment for transgender, gay, bisexual, and lesbian (LGBT) employees are not uniform across the U.S. In fact, the federal Employment...more