On Oct. 4, 2024, the Supreme Court agreed to review a reverse discrimination case where the petitioner, an Ohio Department of Youth Services employee, claims that she was denied promotion and demoted because she is heterosexual. Some courts, noting the McDonnell Douglas framework’s fi...
Supreme Court tackled on the racial discrimination lawsuit filed against the City of New Haven, Connecticut. It is revealed that the city violated the federal anti-discrimination law by refusing to certify the results of the civil service examination administered to minority firefighters.Etzkorn...
ent Discrimination. Employment Discrimination.Employment Discrimination.The article discusses the U.S Supreme Court's decision in employment discrimination cases issued in 2013. Court cases discussed include University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, in which the Court established a "but-...
Many of the labor and employment cases that have reached the Supreme Court involve claims of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation in the workplace. These may arise under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits adverse employment actions based on the race, color, religion...
Since then, the Supreme Court has affirmed that employees may sue their employers under Section 1981 for employment discrimination on the basis of race and for race-based retaliation, which has several advantages verses suing under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964....
The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled openly for the first time with employment discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans, at times seeming inclined to find that they are protected from discrimination under federal law but also showing discomfort with the potential ...
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the matter by reaching agreement or a circuit split will push the Supreme Court to have the final word. Then federal law will joinColorado state law in prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination at work, giving employees another legal avenue to pursue claims for sex discrimination in the work...
Labor and Employment Discrimination Cases in the Supreme Court 1989 Term EVERY YEAR the United States Supreme Court decides a number of labor and employment discrimination cases. The 1989 Term was no exception in that respect. This survey discusses 1989 cases of great interest to followers of labor...
of victims and plaintiffs in sexual harassment and employment discrimination cases. We have also historically represented and continue to represent defendants in these types of cases. In addition, we have been retained to conduct internal investigations of sexual harassment and discrimination allegations....