Civil Rights Updates – May 21, 2012

by Saul Ewing LLP on 5/18/2012

In This Issue: - Will the U.S. Supreme Court Uphold Race-Based Affirmative Action? pages 1 - 3 - UCLA and Professor Face Fines and Criminal Charges in the Aftermath of Fatal Lab Fire pages 4 - 5 - Law School...more

by Littler on 5/18/2012

Table of Contents: I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 II. USE OF CRIMINAL RECORD CHECKS IN EMPLOYMENT 3 A. Use of Criminal Record Checks by Employers 3 B. Role of Title VII in Use of Criminal Records 4 III. THE EEOC’S APRIL...more

by Akerman Senterfitt on 5/18/2012

Premarital sex is not protected activity under Title VII. But it can lead to pregnancy, which is a protected status under Title VII. Which raises the question: can an employer use an employee’s pregnancy as evidence of...more

by Foley Hoag LLP - Corporate Social... on 5/18/2012

On Thursday, May 17, 2012, President Obama announced that the U.S. would issue a general license easing sanctions on the export of financial services and new investment in Burma, although he did not lift them, meaning that...more

by Cullen and Dykman LLP on 5/18/2012

Attorneys who work in the employment and labor field are generally aware of the affirmative defense set forth by the Supreme Court’s decisions in Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775(1998) and Burlington Industries,...more

by Kirton McConkie PC on 5/17/2012

A story was once told about an employer in the Wild West that was looking to hire a stagecoach driver. The employer gave the three applicants a driving test. They were to drive the coach as close as they safely could to the...more

by Nexsen Pruet, PLLC on 5/17/2012

With the recent drawdown of troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, many veterans will be leaving active military duty and returning to the U.S. workforce. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued timely...more

by Foley Hoag LLP - Corporate Social... on 5/17/2012

Access, an advocacy organization that promotes open and secure access to the Internet, recently released its Telco Action Plan, a document that sets forth ten steps and implementation objectives for telecommunications...more