You have not heard the presidential candidates discuss medical marijuana or efforts to decriminalize recreational use. Nevertheless, state legislatures and local governments have been tackling these issues for some time,...more
Happy New Year! To help ring in the New Year and pin down last-minute New Year’s resolutions, let’s look at six topics impacting the workplace in 2016...more
On Monday, June 1, the Supreme Court decided a religious discrimination case involving Abercrombie & Fitch and the EEOC. The Court held that "[a]n employee may not make an applicant's religious practice, confirmed or...more
6/4/2015
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On July 14, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued updated enforcement guidance on pregnancy discrimination and related issues. "In addition to addressing the requirements of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act...more
The holidays have come and gone. I hope everyone enjoyed them, and I hope everyone received the gifts and presents they asked for. I come from a big family—three siblings, 14 aunts and uncles, and nearly twenty cousins....more
1/14/2014
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The Fifth Circuit recently became one of a growing number of courts to recognize same-sex, gender-stereotyping as a form of discrimination prohibited by Title VII. In September, the Court handed down its much-anticipated...more