One of the decisions avid Supreme Court watchers (yes, aka employment law nerds) have been waiting for was Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri....more
4/24/2024
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Employee Transfers ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Lateral Transfers ,
Muldrow v City of St Louis ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Title VII
June 30 will mark the end of the 2022-2023 U.S. Supreme Court term. The high court has a penchant for issuing highly anticipated decisions during the last few days of the term, such as overturning Roe v. Wade last year in a...more
6/30/2023
/ Affirmative Action ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
College Admissions ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Groff v DeJoy ,
Race Discrimination ,
Religious Accommodation ,
SCOTUS ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Substantial Burden ,
Title VII ,
Undue Hardship
In our June 26 alert regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's same-sex marriage decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, we said we would continue to keep you posted regarding new developments in this area of the law.
Some of you may...more
7/20/2015
/ Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Promotions ,
Obergefell v. Hodges ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Protected Class ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII
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
On the last day of its 2013-2014 session, the U.S. Supreme Court held today that (1) for-profit companies are protected as "persons" under the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) and (2) that the...more
7/1/2014
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Burwell v Hobby Lobby ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Contraceptive Coverage Mandate ,
Contraceptives ,
First Amendment ,
Harris v Quinn ,
Healthcare ,
Hobby Lobby ,
Medicaid ,
Public Employees ,
Religious Exemption ,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) ,
Right to Work ,
SCOTUS ,
Union Dues ,
Unions
Here is a brief update to our September 24, 2013 alert, which addressed the administration of employee benefits as well as federal income taxes and FMLA leave following this summer’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in United...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