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Employers May See an Increase in Title VII Discrimination Claims

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Recently, the Supreme Court issued an opinion that lowered the bar for employees seeking to sue their employer. In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, a heterosexual white woman claimed that she suffered discrimination...more

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Littler Lightbulb – March 2025 Employment Appellate Roundup

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Fourth Circuit Stays Injunction Barring Enforcement of DEI Executive Orders On March 14, 2025, the Fourth Circuit issued an order in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Donald Trump, No. 25-1189...more

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Time Was Not on Her Side: 5th Circuit Rules Unpaid Mentor’s Claim of Discrimination Is Untimely

In Title VII actions, plaintiffs have a limited amount of time to file a charge of discrimination (or a court can dismiss the case as untimely). In the case of Wells v. Texas Tech University, the timeliness dynamic was...more

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Mind the Gap: EEOC Report Warns of Substantial Gender Pay Gap for Federal Employee, Exacerbated by Age.

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On January 2, 2025, the EEOC released a report underscoring that a gender pay gap among federal employees has an age component as well; the gap is larger for those age 40 and over relative to those under age 40....more

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The emerging law on women’s advancement programs and transgender rights: a cross-border perspective

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The landscape of transgender employment laws is evolving globally, with various jurisdictions adopting laws that ensure inclusivity and non-discrimination in the workplace. This area is one of the most complex issues in...more

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Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and Equal Pay: What the Hit Netflix Show Tells UK Employers

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The concept of “work of equal value” is, at its simplest, a comparison between jobs that might seem very different but when distilled down, are actually of equal value to the employer. “Value” is a concept that has been...more

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Ontario, Canada Human Rights Tribunal Determines Volunteer Asked to Remove Rainbow Sticker Did Not Experience Discrimination

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In Zanette v. Ottawa Chamber Music Society, 2024 HRTO 998, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) dismissed a volunteer’s application alleging discrimination with respect to employment because of sexual orientation,...more

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How the EFAA Applies to Employee Arbitration Agreements in Sexual Harassment Cases Involving Conduct That Preceded the Law’s...

On August 12, 2024, the Second Circuit held that a plaintiff's hostile work environment claims were subject to the federal Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 ("EFAA"), even though...more

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What Construction Firm Employers Should Do Right Now to Minimize Legal Risk of Discrimination and Harassment Lawsuits

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In June 2024, Seyfarth published a blog article warning construction industry employers of recent anti-harassment guidelines issued by the EEOC. We predicted that the EEOC has “put the construction...more

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The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 7, July 2024

July 29, 2024 Welcome to the seventh issue of The Academic Advisor – our e-newsletter focused on education law insights.    In this final summer edition, we look ahead to the new academic year and cover the following...more

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Gender-Affirming Care Remains a Hot Topic in 2024

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Our April 9 blog post highlighted several issues to watch during 2024, one of which was gender-affirming care considerations. Just over a month later, there have now been three key developments with respect to that issue:...more

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2024 Title IX Regulation Update, Part I: Grievance Procedures for Resolving Complaints of Sex Discrimination and Sex-Based...

This is part one of a series examining the most topical changes contained in the new Title IX regulations applicable to higher education released by the U.S. Department of Education on April 19, 2024. Changes applicable only...more

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British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal Finds Employer Discriminated Against Transgender Employee Based on Their Gender Identity...

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In Nelson v. Goodberry Restaurant Group Ltd. dba Buono Osteria and others, 2021 BCHRT 137, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal found that a restaurant and its managers that refused to use a server’s pronouns, among...more

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Diskriminierung im Bewerbungsprozess? Was Sie als Arbeitgeber jetzt wissen sollten

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Die Ampelkoalition hat in ihrem Koalitionsvertrag die Ausweitung des Anwendungsbereichs des Allgemeinen Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (AGG) vorgesehen. Ob dies in dieser Legislaturperiode tatsächlich noch geschieht, ist fraglich....more

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Menopause in the Workplace: A Multi-Faceted Issue

Menopause is something that approximately 50 percent of the workforce will experience during their working lives, but it is still infrequently discussed or considered in the workplace and many of us are unaware of how...more

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Sports-Related Employment Law Updates in Puerto Rico

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A new law in Puerto Rico provides several pay and anti-discrimination protections for athletes on account of their pregnancies. A separate sports-related employment law extends leave protections for eligible athletes, coaches...more

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Women’s World Cup 2023 – Equal Pay for Women in and Out of Sports

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This year’s Women’s World Cup, which kicked off on July 20, 2023, has been drawing record viewers both in person and on television. As viewers watch these teams compete, many wonder whether these athletes receive pay equal to...more

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Burden of Proof: Fourth Circuit Reaffirms that Employees Must Show Discriminatory Intent

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One of the most important decisions in employment discrimination law this year remains the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Balderson v. Lincare Inc., in which the Court reiterated that Title VII plaintiffs (and...more

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Dutch Court Finds Employer Discriminated by Not Renewing an Employment Contract Due to Pregnancy

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In the Netherlands, a pregnant employee was told that her fixed-term employment contract would not be renewed. A day after the notice, her manager informed her by WhatsApp that the reason was that she was absent a lot and she...more

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Michigan Senate Passes Significant Amendments to Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act

On March 1, 2023, the Michigan Senate approved a series of amendments to the state’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, which would add “sexual orientation, gender identity or expression” to the law’s list of prohibited...more

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Everybody’s Working on the Weekend (Well, Not Everybody) — Fifth Circuit Holds Differing Weekend Attendance Policy Not a Final...

An employer establishes a weekend work policy where only male employees can take both days off, and female employees can only take one weekend day off. Sounds like gender discrimination maybe? Well, in Hamilton, et al. v....more

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All on Board: Mississippi Joins the Nation in Prohibiting Pay Discrimination Based on Gender

For the past three years, Mississippi remained the only state in the country that did not have a bill prohibiting pay discrimination based on gender. This all changed on April 20, 2022, when Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves...more

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California Employment Law Notes - March 2022

California Relaxes Standard For Proving Whistleblower Claims - Lawson v. PPG Architectural Finishes, Inc., 12 Cal. 5th 703 (2022) - Plaintiff Wallen Lawson, who was discharged by his employer PPG Architectural Finishes...more

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Italian Fight to Gender Equality

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Italy has implemented important new measures to fight the gender equality gap through Law no. 162/2021 (Law no. 162). In more detail, Law no. 162 broadens the scope of “discrimination” to include any treatment due to...more

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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Ninth Circuit Finds Gender Discrimination in Retention Raise

An Equal Pay Act plaintiff must show that employees of the opposite sex were paid different wages for equal work. Pretty simple — right? However, there are many factors that go into deciding what is “equal work” or whether...more

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