In a decision issued on June 27, 2025, Trump v. CASA, Inc. (a 6-3 ruling), the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal District Courts lack authority to grant universal injunctions. In CASA, the United States District Courts for...more
7/1/2025
/ Class Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Executive Orders ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Judicial Authority ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
SCOTUS ,
Trump Administration ,
Trump v CASA
Can an employer be sued by an employee for an alleged discriminatory transfer? The answer had been yes, so long as the transfer was based on a discriminatory reason and resulted in a “significant” employment disadvantage....more
Executive Summary: The unprecedented increase in antisemitism in the workplace may subject employers to liability under federal and state laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of religion, race, national origin and...more
Hate takes on many forms. Hate against Jewish people, known as Antisemitism, continues to skyrocket. The Anti-Defamation League reported a 36% increase in antisemitic events from 2021 to 2022, and FBI statistics show that 63%...more
Vanderpump Rules chronicles the life and times of the extremely attractive employees at former Real Housewife Lisa Vanderpump’s highly successful restaurants throughout greater Los Angeles. Bravo fans were shocked when...more
It is no secret that antisemitism is on the rise throughout the United States. The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL’s) 2021 Survey on Jewish Americans’ Experience with Antisemitism found that in the last five years, 63 percent...more
12/8/2022
/ Defamation ,
Diversity ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employee Training ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Race Relations ,
Workplace Harassment Guidance ,
Workplace Safety ,
Workplace Violence
As is Connecticut’s tradition, several new laws took effect on October 1, 2021, including a number affecting the employment relationship....more
10/8/2021
/ Breastfeeding ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Hairstyle Discrimination ,
New Legislation ,
Public Acts ,
Race Discrimination ,
Salaried Employees ,
State Labor Laws ,
Voting Rights ,
Wage and Hour
Executive Summary: On July 24, 2020, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed his 63rd executive order in response to the public health emergency posed by COVID-19. Executive Order 7JJJ (“the Order”) creates a rebuttable...more
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June is Pride Month and this year it has extra meaning for the LGBTQ+ community, allies and advocates. On June 15th, Justice Gorsuch, writing for the 6-3 majority of the United States Supreme Court,...more
6/19/2020
/ Altitude Express Inc v Zarda ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
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 ,
Webinars
June is Pride Month. This year’s Pride Month has extra meaning for the LGBTQ+ community, allies and advocates. Yesterday, June 15, 2020, Justice Gorsuch, writing for the 6-3 majority of the United States Supreme Court, handed...more
6/16/2020
/ 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 the continued fallout from the “me too” movement, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has signed new legislation imposing sweeping changes to Connecticut’s human rights law designed to reduce sexual harassment in the workplace...more
8/2/2019
/ #MeToo ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Harassment ,
Hostile Environment ,
Human Rights ,
Inspection Rights ,
Labor Regulations ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Posting Requirements ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws
Since Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990 and state legislatures enacted their own protections requiring employers to accommodate disabled workers, courts have grappled with the reasonableness of...more
4/26/2019
/ Absenteeism ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Appeals ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Essential Functions ,
Failure to Accommodate ,
Liability ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
School Boards
Executive Summary: As of January 1, 2019, Connecticut employers are prohibited from inquiring about an applicant’s prior salary history. ...more
1/4/2019
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Pay ,
First Amendment ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Salary/Wage History ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
The first decision by United States Supreme Court this term, Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido, has broadened liability for small public employers nationwide by holding unanimously the Age Discrimination in Employment Act...more
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest to weigh in on the heated debate as to whether sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status and/or gender expression are protected classes under Title VII of the...more
3/20/2018
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Freedom of Religion ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
On December 8, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (which has jurisdiction over federal district courts in Connecticut, New York and Vermont) ruled in favor of an employer, holding that six unpaid...more
On March 10, 2017, in Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital, a split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that it was bound by prior precedent that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not...more
7/12/2017
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII
While the Seventh Circuit definitively has held that sexual orientation discrimination is discrimination “because of sex” and, therefore, a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (as reported by...more
6/2/2017
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII
On May 18, 2017, in the first decision of its kind, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that transgender people are not categorically barred from protection by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) if they suffer...more
5/30/2017
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Gender Identity ,
LGBTQ ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Transgender ,
Uniforms
As these authors have previously reported, several cases analyzing whether sexual orientation is protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 have been winding their way through the courts. ...more
4/5/2017
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
En Banc Review ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Identity ,
Gloucester County School Board v G.G. ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
School Restrooms ,
SCOTUS ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title IX ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration
Since its enactment, courts have followed the premise that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not prohibit sexual orientation discrimination. A changing of the tides began in July 2015, when the Equal Employment...more
12/13/2016
/ Appeals ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
En Banc Review ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Full-Time Employees ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Job Promotions ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour