A Federal Court in Massachusetts recently held that disciplining employees who wear Black Lives Matter (BLM) face masks to work does not violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII).
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) released a proposed rule with modifications to its pre-lawsuit “conciliation” process, intended to encourage resolving employment discrimination actions with employers before the EEOC files them in court.
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This summer, California and New York became the first states to ban discrimination in employment based on natural hairstyles. The California and New York legislation, both titled the CROWN Act (“Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair”), amend California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and the New York Human Rights Law (NYHRL) by…
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Extreme obesity cannot support a disability discrimination claim under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) without evidence that the condition was caused by a physiological disorder or condition, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
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The Supreme Court has decided to consider one of country’s biggest workplace law issues—whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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A federal appeals court has held that a plaintiff claiming intentional workplace discrimination must prove her employer treated her worse than co-workers outside her protected class who were similar to her “in all material respects.”
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A restaurant franchisee must pay $1.5 million to a female employee for denying her a private place to express breast milk, under a recent Delaware jury award.
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