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A New Orleans Saints Cheerleader claims players get better treatment and that’s discrimination
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Philadelphia moves one step closer to requiring sexual-harassment training for all City employees
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
Court: Firing an employee because she is transgender has to be sex bias under Title VII
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What a long, strange trip it’s been for one particular transgender-discrimination lawsuit. Continue reading
Common sense prevails in a big legal victory for gay rights in the workplace
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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
Avoid Mark Cuban’s mistake when dealing with sexual harassment at work
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What makes for good headlines isn’t necessarily unlawful harassment
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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
Lawsuit: Google discriminates against male, white, and conservative employees.
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Remember that male Google software engineer who got fired last year after posting a 3,300-word criticism of Google’s diversity policies on the company’s internal website. If you don’t check this out.
Well, guess what? Dude just filed this class-action lawsuit against Google.
What do a pizza-delivery driver, a gynecologist, and an employment-law blog have in common?
You were expecting a different start to 2018 at The Employer Handbook?
“‘Black-hearted’ mum gets Pizza Hut employee fired for saucy joke written in box.”
I adore that subheader. But, I can’t take credit for it. It comes from a UK tabloid. (We may have won the Revolutionary War, but the Brits still win the headline battles.) The tabloid story is about, well, res ipsa loquitor.
The Supreme Court passes on ruling on LGBT workplace rights … for now
Ironically, it happened on the same day that President Trump nominated U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Commissioner Chai Feldblum, a true champion of LGBT workplace rights, to serve a third term at the EEOC. Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to grant certiorari in Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital.
In plain English, the Supreme Court passed.
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