Recently, the Supreme Court issued an opinion that lowered the bar for employees seeking to sue their employer. In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, a heterosexual white woman claimed that she suffered discrimination...more
6/30/2025
/ Ames v Ohio Department of Youth Services ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Evidentiary Standards ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Title VII
On June 23, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid held in a 6–3 decision that Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 20900(e)(1)(c)—which granted union organizers a right of access to private farm...more
6/28/2021
/ Agricultural Workers ,
Cedar Point Nursery v Hassid ,
Farm Workers ,
Farms ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Just Compensation ,
SCOTUS ,
Takings Clause ,
Unions ,
United Farm Workers
Last week, in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, the Supreme Court held that an employer who terminates an individual for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Justice Gorsuch authored the...more
6/29/2020
/ Altitude Express Inc v Zarda ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Civil Rights Act ,
EEOC v RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
In Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that employers subject to the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) can require employees to arbitrate their disputes individually and waive the right to pursue...more
On Wednesday, a closely-divided Supreme Court struck down compulsory union fees as a violation of the First Amendment rights of public employees. The decision, rendered in Janus v. AFSCME, will have a seismic impact on public...more
6/29/2018
/ Appeals ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Fair Share Contribution ,
First Amendment ,
Janus v AFSCME ,
Non-Union ,
Payroll Deductions ,
Public Sector Unions ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Stare Decisis ,
Union Dues