Through two unanimous decisions, the Supreme Court has made it easier for employees to avoid arbitration due to their status as "transportation workers" and to challenge job transfers as discriminatory under Title VII....more
5/7/2024
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Arbitration ,
Bissonnette v LePage Bakeries Park St LLC ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Documentation ,
Employee Transfers ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Harassment ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
LGBTQ ,
Muldrow v City of St Louis ,
Over-Time ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
SCOTUS ,
Title VII ,
Undue Hardship
The U.S. Supreme Court on February 8, 2024, held in a unanimous decision that whistleblowers do not need to show retaliatory intent in order to establish protection under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”), 18 U.S.C....more
2/29/2024
/ ADEA ,
Adverse Action ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
EEO ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Retaliation ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
SCOTUS ,
Title VII ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies
On July 8, 2020, in a 7–2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru expanded the “ministerial exception,” which allows religious organizations to avoid federal anti-discrimination...more
7/15/2020
/ Age Discrimination ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Appeals ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employment Discrimination ,
First Amendment ,
Freedom of Religion ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Ministerial Exception ,
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v Morrissey-Berru ,
Religious Schools ,
Religious Workers ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Teachers ,
Title VII ,
Wrongful Termination
On Monday, in a 6-3 decision led by Justice Gorsuch, and joined by Chief Justice Roberts, the United States Supreme Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination against individuals...more
6/18/2020
/ Altitude Express Inc v Zarda ,
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