The impact on most employers should be minimal.
As you've probably heard, President Biden has recently signed into law two measures that could affect employers: The Speak Out Act, and the Respect for Marriage Act....more
12/16/2022
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Independent Contractors ,
Joe Biden ,
Marriage ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Non-Disparagement Provisions ,
Obergefell v. Hodges ,
Pre-Dispute Arbitration ,
Pre-Employment Agreements ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
Sexual Assault ,
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Trade Secrets
Jack Phillips and the state of Colorado are going their separate ways.
Last August, I wrote about a new lawsuit filed by Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, against the Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
Mr....more
As long as it's the principle (and I think it is).
Remember Jack Phillips, the Christian proprietor of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado?
He refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding and was found by various authorities...more
The Colorado baker is going on offense.
You may have thought the Masterpiece Cakeshop case -- in which a baker refused on religious grounds to bake a custom cake for a same-sex wedding -- was over after the Supreme Court...more
It’s been a hectic week for me (I have a trial coming up), and so here are some links to employment law blog posts and workplace news items that I hope will entertain and edify....more
Seriously, I don’t think Friday’s Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges will be that big a deal for most employers. The Supreme Court already decided in 2013 that the federal definition of “spouse” included same-sex...more
7/1/2015
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Due Process ,
Employee Rights ,
Equal Protection ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Marriage ,
Marriage Equality ,
Obergefell v. Hodges ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
SCOTUS
We asked attorneys writing on JD Supra to share with us their initial thoughts on the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's Obergefell decision in favor of same-sex marriage equaliy, especially with the regard to the...more
6/26/2015
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Discrimination ,
DOMA ,
First Glance ,
Marriage Equality ,
Obergefell v. Hodges ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
SCOTUS ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
US v Windsor ,
Young Lawyers
The decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, hot off the press, is 103 pages long, but here it is. Some instant analysis:
*The due process and Equal Protection clauses of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution compel...more
The new rule defining “spouse” for purposes of leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act was set to take effect today. But a federal judge in Texas yesterday temporarily blocked the rule from going into effect after...more
The U.S. Department of Labor announced today its Final Rule changing the definition of “spouse” in the Family and Medical Leave Act to include most same-sex married couples. I blogged about the proposed rule in June, and the...more
You may recall that in early October the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review decisions from U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Seventh, and Tenth circuits* that struck down same-sex marriage bans....more
As most of you have heard by now, the U.S. Department of Labor has provided a “sneak preview” of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the definition of “spouse” in the Family and Medical Leave Act. The proposed changes would...more