The United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, rejecting a heightened burden for plaintiffs in “majority-groups” to meet their evidentiary burden in discrimination cases under Title VII.
Marlean Ames, a
Continue Reading Supreme Court Affirms Uniform Legal Standard for All Discrimination ClaimsAs employers navigate the complexities of a new political era and evolving regulatory framework, staying ahead of these changes isn’t just advisable — it’s essential.
Several executive actions have already influenced employment practices in the initial weeks of President Donald
Continue Reading What Employers Need to Know About Shifting Caselaw and LegislationEmployers faced with requests from employees for a religious accommodation to an employment requirement, policy or practice are now required to apply a new undue hardship analysis when considering whether to grant or deny the request. In a unanimous opinion
Continue Reading SCOTUS Issues New Undue Hardship Standard for Religious Accommodation RequestsThe U.S. Supreme Court has issued a stay against the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for employers with 100 or more employees. The ETS requires covered employers to implement a COVID-19 policy that either 1) requires employees to be vaccinated
Continue Reading U.S. Supreme Court Blocks OSHA ETS for Large Employers but Allows Vaccination Requirements for Healthcare Workers to Proceed
The United States Supreme Court announced Wednesday, December 22, that it will hear oral argument in two of the cases challenging the vaccine mandates. One case concerns the OSHA ETS rule for private employers with more than 100 employees and
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On Monday, June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court momentously ruled that federal law designed to prevent discrimination in the workplace protects gay, lesbian and transgender employees. In Bostock v. Clayton County, the Court held that individuals who
Continue Reading Supreme Court Finds Title VII Prohibits LGBTQ Discrimination
HSB’s Perry MacLennan and Chris Gantt-Sorenson discuss SCOTUS’ oral arguments on the cases involving the termination of three employees who were gay or transgender on Survive HR, a human resource podcast series hosted by Kelly Scheib and Steve Nail.
Continue Reading SCOTUS Ruling on Three LGBTQQIA Cases
The United States Supreme Court will decide three cases in October 2019 to determine if Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act guarantees protections from workplace discrimination and harassment to employees on the basis of gender identity or sexual
Continue Reading How Will SCOTUS’ Upcoming Cases Affect Title VII?
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a trio of closely watched job discrimination cases that could for the first time resolve at a national level whether lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees are entitled to the protections
Continue Reading U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cases That Could Settle Whether LGBT Employees Are Protected by Title VII
By now, most, if not all, of you are familiar with the Supreme Court’s decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, 138 S. Ct. 1612 (2018), which upheld the validity of waivers of FLSA collective actions in arbitration agreements. The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina recently issued an order expanding on Epic Systems.
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