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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Push-Up Case

There is an update on the Fourth Circuit decision that ruled that the FBI could reject a male agent candidate who failed his physical fitness test by not being able to do one additional push-up. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Fourth Circuit Upholds Gender-Based Job Qualification

Title VII prohibits discrimination based on gender. Employers generally cannot adopt different qualification standards for men and women for the same job. However in some circumstances, federal courts have recognized that...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

One More Push-Up: Fourth Circuit Okays Gender Differences in Certain Physical Fitness Tests

Can an employer have different physical fitness standards for men and women without running afoul of Title VII? Yes, according to the Fourth Circuit that ruled that the FBI could reject a male agent candidate who failed his...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

California Employment Law Notes - July 2015

Employee's Inability To Work For A Particular Supervisor Does Not Constitute A "Disability" - Higgins-Williams v. Sutter Med. Found., 237 Cal. App. 4th 78 (2015) - Michaelin Higgins-Williams worked as a clinical...more

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