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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1964 and aimed at preventing discrimination in the workplace on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, and religion. Title VII... more +
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1964 and aimed at preventing discrimination in the workplace on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, and religion. Title VII has been subsequently extended to discrimination on the basis of pregnancy and sexual stereotypes and to prohibit sexual harassment. Title VII applies to all employers with fifteen or more employees including private employers, state and local governments, and educational institutions.  less -
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A Hypothetical Higher Education Dispute and How a Neutral Can Help Resolve It

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Imagine you are employed in the human relations department at a university. One day, Dr. Kiran Gupta,* who has been a faculty member in the political science department for 10 years, comes to your office and is very upset....more

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Case Closed – University and Professor Reach Settlement After Four Years of Litigation

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In what might finally be the last chapter of a University of Oregon professor’s pay equity battle, the University and the now-retired professor, Jennifer Freyd, have settled Freyd’s case, with the University set to make a...more

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4th Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Higher Ed Wage Discrimination Case

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In a case that has been very closely watched by the higher education community, Spencer v. Virginia State University, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the dismissal of a wage discrimination case by a female...more

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Oklahoma transgender employee seeks reinstatement

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In November we alerted employers that an Oklahoma City federal court jury awarded Rachel Tudor, a transgender employee, $1.165 million in her discrimination, retaliation and hostile work environment lawsuit against...more

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Seventh Circuit Could Up-End Approach to Sexual Orientation Discrimination

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On November 30, 2016, all of the judges of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (covering Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin) reheard a case that could change the way federal courts treat sexual orientation-based discrimination...more

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Seventh Circuit Holds Title VII Does Not Prohibit Sexual Orientation Discrimination, But Acknowledges Inherent Flaws in Precedent...

In a carefully reasoned but ultimately restrained opinion the Seventh Circuit held that Title VII does not prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation. While declining to become the first circuit...more

Pullman & Comley - School Law

Making Bad Choices: Title IX, Title VII and Ludlow V. Northwestern University

A prior post considered the case of Ha v. Northwestern University, in which the plaintiff claimed that Northwestern had violated Title IX by insufficiently disciplining one of its professors, Peter Ludlow, despite concluding...more

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What employers need to know about transgender discrimination

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Recent developments in the area of transgender rights should put employers on notice that government agencies are serious about eliminating this type of discrimination. DOJ steps in to sue university in Oklahoma - ...more

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Justice Department sues university in Oklahoma on behalf of transgender professor

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One of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s stated 2015 priorities is applying Title VII’s sex discrimination protection to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. This focus is illustrated by a recent...more

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