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The Employer Handbook Blog‘Central Park Karen’ believes its racist to call someone racist. A federal judge disagreed and dismissed her lawsuit.
You guys remember ‘Central Park Karen,’ right? Continue reading
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In 2015, she sued for LGBT discrimination. One landmark SCOTUS decision later, she still lost.
The former part-time Director of Operations for a college hockey team was sure that her employer fired her because she was gay. Continue reading
My source told me that a federal court has blocked the EEOC’s recent LGBT guidance
Who is my “source”?
I got the scoop from EEOC Commissioner Andrea Lucas, who updated us on LinkedIn over the weekend about a Tennessee federal judge who entered this preliminary injunction to stop the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from implementing this technical assistance document issued in June 2021 that purports to explain employers’ post-Bostock obligations under Title VII concerning dress codes, bathrooms, locker rooms, shows, and use of preferred pronouns or names.
So, where did the EEOC go awry? Continue reading
Is it legal to fire someone for getting an abortion?
Yesterday, we covered whether the Family and Medical Leave Act allows women who have an abortion to obtain leave for a serious health condition.
Today, we’ll talk about the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), which amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit employers from taking adverse employment actions “because of or on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.” Continue reading
Judge, my employer is so biased. They keep promoting me. 😲
That’s effectively the argument the plaintiff, an openly gay man, made in this case.
Is calling a man “bald” considered harassment based on sex?
Yesterday, I read many headlines, like this one in The Guardian: “Calling a man ‘bald’ is sex-related harassment, employment tribunal rules.”
Is it, though? Let’s take a closer look. Continue reading
When do N-words and sex jokes NOT create a hostile work environment?
Hopefully, this question doesn’t have you clutching your pearls. Continue reading
Yes, a man can have an (un)equal pay claim too. So how can a company defend itself?
The Equal Pay Act (EPA) prohibits employers from discriminating against an employee based on sex by paying lower wages than are paid to employees of the opposite sex for performing equal work. We usually see women assert EPA claims.
But men can have them too. Continue reading
While the EEOC facilitates bias claims for non-binary employees, here are seven ways to support them at work.
The nation’s anti-discrimination enforcer is promoting greater equity and inclusion for members of the LGBTQI+ community. Soon, non-binary individuals can select a nonbinary “X” gender marker during the voluntary self-identification questions that are part of the intake process for filing a charge of discrimination. Continue reading
