On June 3, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court in Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis unanimously held that Title VII’s charge-filing requirement is mandatory for claimants, but not jurisdictional. Stated plainly, employees can still...more
6/5/2019
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Amended Complaints ,
Appeals ,
Charge-Filing Preconditions ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Forfeiture ,
Fort Bend County Texas v Davis ,
Jurisdictional Requirements ,
Mandatory Claim-Processing Rules ,
Reaffirmation ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Retaliation ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
Title VII ,
Waiver Rule ,
Wrongful Termination
In New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, -- U.S. – (2019), the Supreme Court made two primary holdings: First, notwithstanding its recent decision affirming the ability of parties to an arbitration agreement to delegate issues of...more
1/17/2019
/ Appeals ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Employment Contract ,
Exceptions ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Independent Contractors ,
Motion to Compel ,
New Prime v Oliveira ,
Question of Arbitrability ,
Reaffirmation ,
SCOTUS
Monday, in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. the Supreme Court held that making employment decisions based on assumptions related to religion (or any other protected class for that matter) can trigger liability under...more
6/3/2015
/ Abercrombie & Fitch ,
Disparate Treatment ,
EEOC v Abercrombie ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Clothing ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Retailers ,
SCOTUS
During its recently concluded 2013 term, the U.S. Supreme Court issued decisions in two labor and employment cases, three constitutional or quasi-constitutional cases that impact labor and employment concerns, and one tax...more
7/14/2014
/ Burwell v Hobby Lobby ,
Canning v NLRB ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
FMR LLC ,
Harris v Quinn ,
Hobby Lobby ,
Lawson ,
Lawson v FMR ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Sandifer v U.S. Steel Corp ,
SCOTUS ,
US Steel ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wages