Employment Policies, Protected Class, Adverse Employment Action

National State Employment Law Update Covering the First Six Months of 2025

Amundsen Davis LLC on 7/31/2025

2025 is halfway over, and already, there has been significant activity and legal developments throughout the U.S. on the state and local level. Below is a recap of notable laws enacted throughout the U.S. that have become...more

Supreme Court Lowers Plaintiffs’ Burden for Title VII Discriminatory Transfer Claims

Benesch on 4/26/2024

On April 17, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously lowered the burden applicable to discriminatory transfer claims brought under Title VII. According to the Court, a showing of some harm—rather than significant or some...more

SCOTUS Holds that Job Transferees Need Only Show ‘Some Harm’ Under Title VII

BakerHostetler on 4/26/2024

SCOTUS announces ‘some harm’ standard for Title VII claims based on a mandatory job transfer. The Supreme Court in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, et al., 601 U.S. ____ (April 17, 2024), held that where an...more

On the Horizon: Broad Employment Protections for Marijuana Users in the District of Columbia

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/25/2023

Last summer, the Washington D.C. Council unanimously passed a bill that prohibits employers from refusing to hire, terminating, suspending, failing to promote, demote, or otherwise penalizing any employee who uses marijuana,...more

Medical Marijuana Musings (Two Years Later)

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/10/2020

Two years ago, the first medical marijuana dispensary opened in Pennsylvania. Since that time, well over a hundred thousand Pennsylvania residents have become certified to use medical marijuana, additional conditions were...more

Employment Policies › Protected Class › Adverse Employment Action

National State Employment Law Update Covering the First Six Months of 2025

Supreme Court Lowers Plaintiffs’ Burden for Title VII Discriminatory Transfer Claims

SCOTUS Holds that Job Transferees Need Only Show ‘Some Harm’ Under Title VII

On the Horizon: Broad Employment Protections for Marijuana Users in the District of Columbia

Medical Marijuana Musings (Two Years Later)

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