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Is a Fortune 50 company’s diversity program discriminatory? The DOL wants to know!
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Yesterday, both Law360 (here) and Bloomberg (here) reported that the U.S. Department of Labor had begun investigating whether Microsoft violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal anti-discrimination law the prohibits race bias, when Microsoft decided to double the number of Black managers and executives.
In full transparency, Microsoft announced the news too! Continue reading
Yes, the Americans with Disabilities Act still applies during an employee’s initial “probationary period.”
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While I don’t have a ‘Dallas Cowboys’ — how ’bout dem Cowboys! — level of hatred for probationary periods for new employees, I do not like them. Continue reading
A Friday fistful of Amy Coney Barrett on employment law
Finally, we put the wraps on “Amy Coney Barrett Week” at The Employer Handbook. There is so much left to discuss, but, well, I’ve got a thing. Continue reading
Has Judge Amy Coney Barrett ever handled an appeal involving the EEOC? You bet she has!
In Tuesday’s installment of “Amy Coney Barrett Week” at The Employer Handbook, we explored Judge Barrett’s determination that a jury’s $300K national original discrimination award should survive appeal.
Today, I have another case for you in which Judge Barrett handled the appeal of a jury verdict for the plaintiff. But, this time, the plaintiff is none other than the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Continue reading
That time when Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett upheld a plaintiff’s $300K discrimination win
Welcome back to “Amy Coney Barrett Week” at The Employer Handbook.
I’m devoting five blog posts to some of her most significant employment law decisions so that, maybe, we can read the tea leaves to see how she may rule from the Supreme Court bench if the Senate confirms her nomination.
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on the ADA. Plus, Bill Murray’s attorney responds to that cease and desist 👀
Over the weekend, President Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett, United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, to fill the open Supreme Court seat. Since this is an ***check notes*** employment law blog, many of you may be wondering how Judge Barrett would decide an employment law case on the Supreme Court. Continue reading
Check out this demand letter that The Doobie Brothers’ lawyer sent to actor Bill Murray!!! 👀 Oh, and a free webinar.
In a demand letter sent Wednesday to actor Bill Murray, an attorney for The Doobie Brothers told the actor to stop using his clients’ music in his commercials without paying for it, while condemning Mr. Murray to “eternal damnation” for his Garfield movies.
Ouch!
The White House will limit how government contractors train on diversity and inclusion too
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A few weeks ago, I blogged here about the White House changing federal diversity training. Eighty-six “critical race theory” and “white privilege” in any training for government workers. For that matter, all training on any propaganda effort that “teaches or suggests either (1) that the United States is an inherently racist or evil country or (2) that any race or ethnicity is inherently racist or evil,” would end.
On Tuesday, the White House signed an Executive Order expanding those training bans to government contractors too. Continue reading
The legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lives on as lawmakers seek fairness for pregnant workers
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Discord lies ahead in the coming weeks as 100 Senators will indeed wage a fierce battle to address the new Supreme Court opening that the passing of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday created. Yet, there was still harmonic support from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for this champion of equal rights. Continue reading