Interviews, Title VII

Emerging Themes Relating to the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace

King & Spalding on 6/9/2023

Companies are increasingly exploring the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making technologies to manage human capital, including for recruitment, hiring and performance purposes. Vendors offer...more

AI, AI, Uh-Oh! Can Artificial Intelligence Programs Put You at Risk for Discrimination Lawsuits?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/26/2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the best way to save time and make fair decisions — right? Not so fast. As AI is more common in our day-to-day lives, we have seen it make mistakes and replicate human shortcomings. For many it...more

Judge: Interview questions about relocating from Puerto Rico do not amount to bias

McAfee & Taft on 6/12/2019

On May 13, 2019, a federal judge in Muskogee, Oklahoma, ruled against a plaintiff who alleged that that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs denied her a job as a physician because she was a woman and was from Puerto Rico....more

Fifth Circuit Rejects Title VII Transgender Protection, but Grants Summary Judgment on Other Grounds

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/15/2019

In Wittmer v. Phillips 66, Judge James Ho of the Fifth Circuit wasted no time stating the Fifth Circuit’s position on whether sexual orientation or transgender status are protected classes under Title VII – they are not....more

Title VII In Transition? Texas Federal Court Rules That Anti-Discrimination Statute Protects Transgender Individuals

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/20/2018

In a landmark ruling, a federal court judge in Texas issued an opinion holding—unequivocally—that Title VII protects transgender individuals from discrimination based on their gender identity. Wittmer v. Phillips 66 Company,...more

Startups and the Beginning of the Employment Relationship - Who, What, When, Where, and Why?

Poyner Spruill LLP on 8/11/2015

WHO to Hire? Startup companies can reduce or eliminate future problems with employees through careful hiring practices. Best practices include...more

Supreme Court Expands Religious Discrimination Liability

Maynard Nexsen on 7/31/2015

Most employers know that Title VII prohibits discrimination against applicants or employees based on religion. They also know that Title VII requires employers to provide reasonable, religion-based accommodations to employees...more

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Abercrombie In Headscarf Religious Accommodation Case

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 7/7/2015

The U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the EEOC’s lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., alleging that Abercrombie violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by refusing to hire a Muslim applicant, who wore a...more

Supreme Court Holds That Employers Do Not Need Actual Knowledge of an Applicant’s Need for a Religious Accommodation Before They...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 6/15/2015

The Supreme Court recently held that job applicants may hold their potential employer liable for intentional discrimination under Title VII if the applicant can show that his or her need for an accommodation was a motivating...more

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