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Discrimination
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Ogletree Deakins Insights
New Mexico Prohibits Nondisclosure Agreements Related to Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, and Retaliation Claims
On March 4, 2020, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law House Bill 21, a bipartisan measure that limits the use of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in sexual misconduct…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: The Social Construction of the Racial Muslim by Sahar F. Aziz
The Social Construction of the Racial Muslim by Sahar F. Aziz, in Rethinking Orientalism (ed. Tamara Sonn) (Oxford University Press, forthcoming)AbstractTo protect the security of all, we must curtail the…
Law and the Workplace
Virginia Becomes the Fourth State to Ban Discrimination on the Basis of Hairstyles
By Caroline Guensberg, Guy Brenner
On March 3, 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed into law HB 1514, which amends the Virginia Human Rights Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of hairstyles. Specifically, the…
Land Use Prof Blog
Housing Policy Ideas from the Presidential Platforms: Fair Housing
This post is part of an ongoing review of 2020 presidential candidate platforms on housing (full review available here). Today's post focuses on fair housing proposals. Here is an excerpt:Broadening protections…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Governor Murphy Proposes Numerous Changes to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
By By Meghan A. Mills, Michael J. Westwood-Booth
On February 18, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy proposed a host of legislative changes to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) (N.J.S.A. 10:5-1, et seq.). According to the governor, the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Asian American lawmakers are calling on their colleagues to halt the spread of rumors regarding coronavirus, in an effort to curb the rising xenophobia and discrimination tied to the illness
It seems fair to say that the coronavirus has been in the news. NBC News reports that Asian American lawmakers are calling on their colleagues to halt the spread of rumors…
California Employment Law Update
9th Circuit Holds that Prior Salary is Not a Defense to An Equal Pay Act Claim
By Cole Lewis, Kate Gold
Yesterday, the full Ninth Circuit held that an employer cannot rely on an individual’s prior salary to justify a wage disparity between a male and female employee. In Rizo v.…
UK Human Rights Blog
The Forstater Employment Tribunal judgment: a critical appraisal in light of Miller – Karon Monaghan QC
This article was first published here on the UK Labour Law Blog on 19th February 2020 and is reproduced with the author’s kind permission. There are several problems with the…
Legal Profession Blog
Findings Of Misconduct For The Forum Of Hate
Findings of fact and conclusions of law have been filed by the hearing judge in a Maryland bar disciplinary case of potentially significant implications in the regulation of attorney hate…
Global Workplace Insider
Coronavirus and Discrimination: The balance between protecting the workforce and community and avoiding unlawful discrimination
Last week a Malaysian student of Chinese descent returned to her rented home in Perth’s southern suburbs after visiting family in Malaysia for a few weeks. Upon arriving home, she…