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Protecting the Local CROWN: Combing Through Florida’s Ordinances Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Hairstyles and Textures

Although not widespread, ordinances prohibiting discrimination based on natural hairstyles and textures are not completely foreign to Florida, and amidst a perceived rise in “anti-wokeness,” employers in the Sunshine State...more

7/24/2023 / Dress Codes , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Discrimination , Florida , Hairstyle Discrimination , Hiring & Firing , Labor Reform , Local Ordinance , Race Discrimination , State Labor Laws

11th Circuit Finds Employee Conduct May Lead to Termination Even Where the Conduct is the Result of Mental Illness

On May 27, 2021, in Todd v. Fayette County School District, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the propriety of a school district’s decision to end a mentally ill...more

6/7/2021 / Adverse Employment Action , Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) , Corporate Counsel , Disability Discrimination , Employee Misconduct , Employer Liability Issues , Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) , Hiring & Firing , Mental Illness

Eleventh Circuit Opinion Provides Insight into the Reach of Third-Party Title VII Retaliation Claims

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently issued an opinion concerning the Title VII retaliation protections afforded to third parties. Tolar v. Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, No. 19-11546 (11th Cir. May...more

5/26/2021 / Corporate Counsel , Employment Litigation , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) , Hiring & Firing , Retaliation , Sexual Harassment , Title VII

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