July has brought the announcement of two six-month pilot programs touted by the EEOC for, it believes, expanding opportunities for parties to resolve Charges of Discrimination voluntarily through mediation and
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Is “OK, Boomer” OK?
In January, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts drew considerable media attention by asking, during the oral argument of an age discrimination case, Babb v. Wilkie, a question about
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Employee Lawsuit Claims Discrimination Based on Her Husband’s Race (Or: Associational Race Discrimination 101)
Bloomberg BNA is out with a news story about a recent case filed in federal court in Georgia, which poses an interesting question: does Title VII protect an employee on
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Transgender Police Officer Wins Title VII Claim Against School District
Query: a longtime employee, who has previously identified in your workplace as female, begins dressing for work like a man, grooming according to male standards, and identifying as male. He
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Denver Gets Hit with a Mile High Damages Award
A Colorado federal judge recently ordered the City and County of Denver to pay $1.67 million to job applicants who alleged that Denver’s employment screening tests had a disparate impact
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DOL Persuader Rule Enjoined
We don’t normally talk a lot about NLRB decisions and rulings related to the NLRB on this blog. However, in light of the importance of the DOL Persuader rule, we
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Will the Comment Period Be Extended on the EEOC’s Proposal to Change EEO-1 Reporting Requirements?
As many of you probably know, the EEOC has issued a proposed rule that, if adopted, would require significant changes to the EEO-1 reporting requirements. The rule proposal is designed
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Employees Under The Influence: Disabled But Not Unfireable
This week, the University of Southern California terminated Steve Sarkisian, their head football coach. The firing came after a cavalcade of headlines that Sarkisian, essentially the CEO of a multi-million
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Rachel Dolezal and the Quandary of “Perceived As” Discrimination
The story of Rachel Dolezal, the recently-deposed head of an NAACP chapter in Spokane, WA, ignited a media firestorm last week with regard to claims that she, a Caucasian, “identified”
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Wacky Cases For Christmas
This Christmas we wrote about a couple of wacky cases. We got some good comments.
Merry Christmas!
“Fun-Slapping” Case
On December 22nd we wrote about a New Zealand
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