Discrimination, Title VII, Gender Discrimination

Supreme Court Lowers the Bar for Title VII Employment Claims

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/27/2024

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act requires employees alleging employment discrimination to show they suffered an adverse employment action as a result of their membership in a protected class....more

Employers Beware: Title VII Now Allows Employees to More Easily Challenge Your Decision to Transfer or Reassign Them

Conn Maciel Carey LLP on 5/21/2024

On April 17, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, a case involving a St. Louis Police Department officer’s claim that she was subject to a discriminatory job...more

No More Adjectives… Just Some Harm: Supreme Rules on Title VII Job Transfer Threshold

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/2/2024

If you transfer an employee to a job with no loss in pay or title but the employee thinks it is less desirable, can that employee sue you for discrimination under Title VII? While it depends on the facts, in Muldrow v. St....more

Menopause in the Workplace: A Multi-Faceted Issue

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 12/14/2023

Menopause is something that approximately 50 percent of the workforce will experience during their working lives, but it is still infrequently discussed or considered in the workplace and many of us are unaware of how...more

Ultimatum on Ultimate Employment Decisions: Fifth Circuit Expands Standard on Adverse Employment Decisions Under Title VII

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/22/2023

If you are an employer covered by the federal Fifth Circuit (Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi), you are probably familiar with the “ultimate employment decision” standard: In determining whether an employee suffered an...more

Weekends Revisited? Fifth Circuit Re-examines Gender-Specific Scheduling Decision

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/4/2023

Can you have an employment policy that is clearly based on gender? What if it doesn’t affect an “ultimate employment decision,” such as hiring, firing, promoting, granting leave or compensation? Last year, we told you about a...more

Georgia Trend: City Ordinances Require Private Employers to Expand Workplace Anti-Discrimination Protections

Littler on 3/23/2020

Georgia law prohibits private employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of age, disability and sex (specifically compensation-based claims). There are, however, no state statutes prohibiting private...more

Los Angeles Jury Awards Former UCLA Oncologist $13 Million In Gender Discrimination Case

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 2/16/2018

On Thurs. Feb. 15, 2018, a downtown Los Angeles jury awarded Dr. Lauren Pinter-Brown, a former UCLA oncologist, $13 million in a gender discrimination case. Pinter-Brown alleged that she was forced to take another job after...more

EEOC Sues Estée Lauder for Sex Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/31/2017

Cosmetics Giant Gave Men Lesser Paid Parental Leave and Related Benefits, Federal Agency Says - PHILADELPHIA - Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of skin care, makeup,...more

Does Transgender Military Ban Signal New Direction of Trump Administration on LGBTQ Rights?

FordHarrison on 8/2/2017

On July 26, 2017, President Trump announced via Twitter that the military, arguably the country’s largest employer, will no longer allow transgender people to serve, thus breaking from the Obama Administration’s lift of the...more

Nevada Health Centers Settles EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/7/2017

Health Care Provider Discharged Male Employee Because of His Gender, Federal Agency Charged - LAS VEGAS - Nevada Health Centers will pay $35,000 and provide other relief to resolve a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the...more

Employment Law Authority - May/June 2017

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/6/2017

THE EVOLVING DEFINITION OF SEX(UAL ORIENTATION) UNDER TITLE VII - On April 4, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its highly anticipated decision in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, making...more

Country Fresh to Pay $84,750 to Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/10/2017

Milk Manufacturer Denied Promotions to a Woman Because of Sex, Federal Agency Charged - DETROIT - Country Fresh, LLC, a milk manufacturer which operates in Livonia, Mich., a suburb of Detroit, will pay $84,750 to settle...more

Is Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Employment Discrimination Prohibited? It Depends on Whom You Ask

Williams Mullen on 4/5/2017

There have been many news stories over the past couple of years about sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination in the workplace and in schools. Yet, in none of those stories is it ever made clear what the actual...more

Second and Eleventh Circuits Rule They are Bound by Prior Precedent that Title VII Does Not Prohibit Sexual Orientation...

FordHarrison on 4/5/2017

As these authors have previously reported, several cases analyzing whether sexual orientation is protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 have been winding their way through the courts. ...more

Ultracare Las Vegas Settles EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/23/2017

Placement Agency Fired Male Employee Because Of His Gender, Federal Agency Charged - LAS VEGAS - Ultracare Las Vegas, an ultrasound technician provider, will pay $15,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex...more

Dear Littler: How Should I Handle Customer Concerns about a Transgender Employee?

Littler on 3/22/2017

Dear Littler: We have a transgender employee at work, Sarah, who identifies and presents as a female. She is in the process of transitioning and still occasionally exhibits traditionally “male” physical attributes. A client...more

Eleventh Circuit Rules that Title VII Does Not Prohibit Sexual Orientation Discrimination

Rumberger | Kirk on 3/16/2017

On March 10, 2017, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held in Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital that Title VII does not prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Accordingly,...more

Annual Report on EEOC Developments – Fiscal Year 2016

Littler on 2/27/2017

This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2016 (hereafter “Report”), our sixth annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not...more

LGBT Rights Up in the Air

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 2/24/2017

Changes that may impact LGBT rights in the workplace have employers spinning. This week’s news about the Trump administration’s rescission of federal guidance allowing transgender students to use bathrooms corresponding to...more

Trump Administration Withdraws Motion Seeking to Limit Court's Stay of Obama's Transgender Bathroom Guidance in Public Schools

FordHarrison on 2/20/2017

There has been much speculation about the Trump administration’s position with respect to LGBTQ rights. We may now have our first glimpse. Just days after Jeff Sessions was confirmed as Attorney General, the government has...more

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