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Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Va. Supreme Court lets teacher's "pronoun" lawsuit go forward

The teacher had a religious objection. The Virginia Supreme Court yesterday found in favor of a West Point public school teacher whose employment was terminated because he would not address a transgender student by the...more

BCLP

UK HR Two-Minute Monthly: July 2023

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Our July update includes cases on the dismissal of a devout Christian dismissed for gross misconduct for social media criticism of pro-LGBTQ+ teaching at schools, allowances that tribunals should make to litigants in person...more

Littler

UK in 2019: That was the year that was!

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Well it’s been quite a year. Thank goodness it’s almost over! We started it (much as we have started every year since 2016) in a fog of uncertainty around Brexit. We have ended it at least knowing that the UK will be leaving...more

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation

Sixth Circuit Rules that Employer Cannot Rely on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to Defend Discrimination Claims by...

On March 7, 2018, the Sixth Circuit issued a ruling of first impression, holding that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”) did not exempt an employer from liability for violating Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Employment Law - December 2017 #2

NLRB’s Noteworthy Developments - Recent decisions from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) find the board overturning two of its previously established standards. The NLRB overturned its standard for assessing the...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Transgender Claim Meets Dress Code

The worlds of transgender versus religious rights collided hard recently when an EEOC action on behalf of a discharged transgender worker ran full force into a Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”) defense, and the EEOC...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

EEOC Sues Two Employers for Terminating Transgendered Employees

Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed two potentially landmark lawsuits against employers accused of terminating employees undergoing gender reassignment procedures. The EEOC alleges that the...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Rapid City Market to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Finding of Discrimination Against Transgender Employee

Well-Performing Employee Fired Because of Gender Identity, Agency Charged - MINNEAPOLIS -- In a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a Rapid City, S.D., supermarket owner...more

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