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Discrimination
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The Employer Report
Using AI to Make Hiring Decisions? Prepare for EEOC Scrutiny
With special thanks to Bradford Newman for this post. Ten U.S. senators sent a joint letter to Janet Dhillon, the chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on Dec. 8,…
Employer Perspectives
Interim relief in discrimination claims
Just before Christmas, the Employment Appeals Tribunal delivered a landmark decision affecting UK discrimination law: Steer v Stormsure Limited. The case could see interim relief introduced as a new remedy…
Health Law Prof Blog
Artificial Intelligence and Discrimination in Health Care
Sharona Hoffman (Case Western Reserve University), Andy Podgurski (Case Western Reserve University), Artificial Intelligence and Discrimination in Health Care, 19(3) Yale J. Health Pol’y L. & Ethics 1 (2020):Artificial intelligence…
Future Lawyer
There Are Places Where You Should Not Boldly Go.
By rickgeorges
Boldly Go In StarTrek Slippers. I have been fighting Star Trek discrimination ever since I became a fan in the Sixties. Forward thinking plots and dialogue, real character development, and…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Github fires employee for using the n-word … Nazi
Software company GitHub is taking a lot of heat for firing a Jewish employee for referring to the people who stormed the Capitol on January 6 as "Nazis." The Verge…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Disparate Impact of COVID on Single Mother Families and the Argument for Human Rights Protections
By Tracy Thomas
Theresa Glennon, Alexis Fennell, Kaylin Hawkins, Madison McNulty, "Shelter from the Storm: Human Rights Protections for Single Mother Families in the Time of COVID-19" , 27 Wm. & Mary J.…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New Book: The First American Women Law Professors
By Tracy Thomas
I enjoyed hearing about this new book at the AALS conference this year. Understanding the history, and discrimination of women law professors from those featured in the book and on…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
America’s Glaring Double Standards
By SpearIt
In recent weeks, Americans and the world have gotten a racial and religious double-dose of the double standards that fuel law and policy in this country. While many would like…
Law Times News
Court of Appeal finds University of Waterloo discriminated against disabled applicant
First time Grismer/Meiorin accommodation test applied in university admissions context, says lawyer
Achkar Law Blog
Vicarious Liability for Human Rights Violations
Under Ontario’s Human Rights Code (the “Code”), organizations have the ultimate responsibility to maintain a discrimination-free environment. An employer may be found vicariously liable for discriminatory conduct within the workplace…