Hayden, Brian
On Monday, June 15, the US Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an employer who fires an employee for being gay or transgender violates that federal anti-discrimination statute. ...
Under Title VII, a discriminatory job transfer is actionable if the transfer resulted in some harm with respect to an identifiable term or condition of employment. The harm suffered by the transferred employee need not be "significant" to maintain a Title VII claim. The U.S. Supreme Cou...
The Supreme Court granted certiorari on June 30, 2023, to “resolve a Circuit split over whether an employee challenging a transfer under Title VII must meet a heightened threshold of harm — be it dubbed significant, serious, or something similar.” Prior toMuldrow,...
On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously held in Groff v. DeJoy, No. 22-174, that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) requires an employer that denies a religious accommodation to show that the burden of granting an accommodation would...
Supreme Court Adopts Narrow Definition of Supervisor under Title VIISudbury, Joshua
The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that employees are not required to show significant harm in federal discrimination lawsuits involving job transfers. Read More. Posted in:Discrimination,Employment Law,Supreme Court Tagged:employment discrimination,gender discrimination,Title VII ...
The sudden and wholly unannounced infusion of the principle of transferred intent into Title VII Supreme Court jurisprudence needs to be recognized, contemplated, and weighed, as do its consequences, as the law in this area moves forward. This Article seeks to ignite that discourse.Kerri Lynn ...
Seyfarth Synopsis: In the first case following the Department of Justice’s pronouncement that Title VII does not prohibit discrimination against transgender persons on the basis of gender identity, a court in the Western District of Oklahoma held that Title VII protects transgender individuals from di...
Supreme Court Ruling Gives Broad Protection to Employees Claiming Retaliation Under Title VIINelson, Karl G