In a closely-watched case arising from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court held yesterday that an applicant or employee need not prove that an employer had...more
6/2/2015
/ Abercrombie & Fitch ,
Actual or Constructive Knowledge ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Discrimination ,
EEOC v Abercrombie ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Application ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
SCOTUS
This is one of our "ones to watch for 2015" – Young v. UPS.
The legal question certified by the Supreme Court in 2014 was: Whether, and in what circumstances, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act requires an employer that...more
3/26/2015
/ Disability ,
Discrimination ,
Duty to Accommodate ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnancy Disability Leave Law ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
SCOTUS ,
UPS ,
Young v United Parcel Service
The recent pregnancy accommodation Guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") makes it clear that discrimination against a female employee who is lactating or breastfeeding is illegal, in violation of...more
Windsor v. United States -
Issue: Can the federal government define marriage?
Holding: No.
Loser: The federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which was passed in 1996 and signed by President Clinton, was...more
6/27/2013
/ Affirmative Action ,
But For Causation ,
Discrimination ,
DOMA ,
Due Process ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Protection ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Fisher v University of Texas ,
Harassment ,
Hollingsworth v Perry ,
Mixed Motive Cases ,
Proposition 8 ,
Retaliation ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
SCOTUS ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Standing ,
Strict Scrutiny Standard ,
Supervisors ,
Title VII ,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ,
US v Windsor ,
Vance v. Ball State University
The four separate EEOC Q&A Guidance documents each are about 10 pages long. So, for those of you without the spare time to review them all, here is a brief “Cliff Note version.”
...more
Nicholas Keith has been deaf since birth. After initially being offered a job as a lifeguard for Oakland County, Michigan, he, like all other County lifeguards, had to undergo a physical performed by a physician retained by...more