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Well, mark your calendars for July 1, 2018.
That’s when the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act will take effect, after Governor Phil Murphy signed it into law on April 24. Continue reading
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It’s one thing to terminate an employee for complaining that she is being sexually harassed at work. But, when you (allegedly) fire her son and fiancé too without justification, that’s stone cold!
Not that Stone Cold.
But, according to the EEOC, it’s pretty darn bad. Bah Gawd! Continue reading
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I’ll be honest. Not only am I late by a day in recognizing Equal Pay Day, but I don’t know the etiquette.
Is it “happy”?
I can’t imagine why anyone would be happy about it. Heck, I just Googled and was immediately shown “11 Gender Wage Gap Statistics That Will Scare The Crap Out Of You.” Continue reading
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Now, it’s up to the voters.
Yesterday, on International Women’s Day, Philadelphia City Council passed a bill that will require the City to provide sexual-harassment training to all of its employees and officers.
In May, when City residents go to the polls, they will decide whether to amend the Home Rule Charter to require this annual training. Continue reading
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What a long, strange trip it’s been for one particular transgender-discrimination lawsuit. Continue reading
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It took the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission about 50 years to recognize that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protected employees from discrimination based on their sexual orientation.
Now, in less than three years since the agency’s groundbreaking decision in 2015, two federal appellate courts have joined in concluding that sex discrimination under Title VII includes discrimination based on sexual orientation, as yesterday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc. issued its long-awaited decision. Continue reading
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Last week, I was debating whether to do an Aziz Ansari post. But, then I read my buddy Robin Shea’s post at Employment & Labor Insider. She nailed it, of course.
So, I’m going to take a different angle on something that’s not workplace harassment either. Continue reading
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