Got an appearance code? Make sure you allow exceptions for religion.
Employers, is your appearance code so important that you would pay more than $150,000 to ban a $10 accessory in the workplace? This is the story of the $150,000 lanyard. If you are ignorant like me,...
View ArticleEmployment law triple play: Islam and "the Look," loose tweets, Gaga
It has been a busy week. Muslim headscarves, tech exec's tweets get him fired, and Lady Gaga is going to trial! UPDATE ON LADY GAGA (10/22/13): She has settled her case. Abercrombie gets fitched, and...
View ArticleStraight from the source: EEOC's 10 hottest litigation trends
Last week I heard David Lopez, General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, speak about EEOC litigation developments at the annual North Carolina/South Carolina Labor and Employment...
View ArticleWhy the EEOC believes Title VII bans sexual orientation bias
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a "friend of the court" brief in a sexual orientation discrimination appeal, arguing that sexual orientation discrimination is "sex discrimination"...
View ArticleHuh? Title VII and sexual orientation bias, revisited
UPDATE (10/14/16): The Hively decision discussed below was issued by a three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit. This week, the full Seventh Circuit set aside the decision and agreed to rehear the case...
View ArticleAppearance code quiz for employers!
How much can you do - and not do - about your employees' personal appearance and grooming? Take this quiz and find out! As usual, I'll have the answers at the end, so if you get one wrong, no one but...
View Article"Free to Be . . . You and Me": The 11th Circuit's strange LGBT decision
This latest decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on sexual orientation discrimination is weird. A panel of the court found 2-1 in Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital that the...
View ArticleThe Deep Dive: A closer look at the Seventh Circuit's sexual orientation...
As we reported early this morning, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit decided in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana that the prohibition in Title VII against...
View ArticleAnother court says Title VII bans sexual orientation bias: Debating the issues
Let's look at the arguments, pro and con, that the Supreme Court is likely to hear someday.
View ArticleWhat you need to know about the Supreme Court LGBT cases
The status, the arguments, and my predictions.
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