As we’ve written before, the Supreme Court decided in Bostock v. Clayton County, Ga. that sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination is prohibited under Title VII of the Civil Rights
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EEOC Launches Resource Hub on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity
Last June, in Bostock v. Clayton County, Ga., the Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights of 1964 prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on sexual
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Supreme Court: LGBTQ Employees Protected
In an historic decision, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 last week that Title VII’s prohibition on employment discrimination protects employees on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. In
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Virginia: the Next State to Protect LGBTQ Employees from Discrimination?
If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you probably know that the question of whether federal law prohibits employment discrimination against employees on the basis of their sexual orientation
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Supreme Court Hears Argument in LGBT Discrimination Cases: What’s Next?
As regular readers of our blog will already know, the issue of whether Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on an employee’s sexual orientation or gender identity has been a
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PHRC Will Accept Discrimination Complaints from LGBT Employees
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC), Pennsylvania’s leading agency that investigates and enforces Pennsylvania’s employment discrimination laws, has voted to accept complaints of discrimination from lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
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Michigan Commission: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination in Employment Prohibited
The Michigan Civil Rights Commission has taken significant action to clarify that its state statute prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of sex (among other characteristics) extends to prohibit
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Proposed PHRC Guidance Would Protect LGBTQ Employees in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (“PHRC”), which enforces Pennsylvania’s state law prohibiting discrimination, has made a bit of splash in 2017. How, you ask? Well – that requires a bit
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7th Circuit Holds Title VII Protects Sexual Orientation; What Does It Mean for Your Workplace?
Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued an opinion with significant employment law implications. As you might recall, a panel of the Seventh Circuit issued
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What Employers Need To Know About The EEOC’s Updated Enforcement Plan
Employers take note: the EEOC has issued an updated Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP”) for fiscal years 2017-2021.
What’s a Strategic Enforcement Plan?
The EEOC’s SEP describes the areas that will
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