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Discrimination
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Religion Clause
Christian School Denied Injunction Against Anti-Discrimination Provisions In Aid Programs
In Bethel Ministries, Inc. v. Salmon, (D MD, Jan. 21, 2020), a Maryland federal district court refused to issue a preliminary injunction requested by a Christian elementary school. Bethel Christian Academy…
Government Contracting Matters
OFCCP Proposes Clarifying Evidence Standards, Post-Audit Procedures in Regulations
By Amy Conway
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs ("OFCCP") is seeking to codify its current procedures for analyzing statistical evidence of discrimination and communicating with contractors after finding potential violations of…
Religion Clause
Recent Articles of Interest
From SSRN:Monika Zalnieriute & Catherine Weiss, Reconceptualizing Intersectionality in Judicial Interpretation: Moving Beyond Formalistic Accounts of Discrimination on Islamic Covering Prohibitions, (Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law and Justice, 2020). Benjamin…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Virginia Passes Equal Rights Amendment in Historic Vote Making it the Pivotal 38th State to Ratify
By Tracy Thomas
Virginia Passes Equal Rights Amendment in Historic VoteBoth chambers of Virginia’s General Assembly passed the Equal Rights Amendment Wednesday, fulfilling a promise that helped Democrats seize control of the legislature…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New Book: Work, Parenting and Inequality–Workplace Laws and Policies from 1898 to 2018
By Tracy Thomas
Candace-Saari-Kovacic-Fleischer, Work, Parenting and Inequality: Workplace Laws and Policies from 1898 to 2018Work, Parenting and Inequality: Workplace Laws and Policies from 1898 to 2018 considers whether laws in the United States…
Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices
“Davis Polk: Racist? Or Just a Cold Law Firm?”
By Gerry Riskin
[caption id="attachment_8013" align="alignright" width="300"] Screen Capture: law.com discusses recent racial discrimination complaint against Davis Polk[/caption] I invite you to check out an article at law.com entitled "Davis Polk: Racist? Or just…
Employment Law Worldview
Spoiler Alert! It’s Going to Be a Roaring 2020 With Many Impactful Laws On The Horizon (US)
Who will be cheering and who will be jeering in this new decade may depend on the outcome of several key cases, pending regulations, and potential state and local law…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Attorney Generals File Preemptive Lawsuit to Stop Equal Rights Amendment
By Tracy Thomas
3 GOP Attorneys General Filed A Suit to Stop the Equal Rights AmendmentThe Equal Rights Amendment, which would ban discrimination on the basis of sex, was first proposed in 1923.…
FB Employment Discrimination Blog
“Stay Home and Bake Cookies!”
By: Amy Epstein Gluck Being female in a traditionally dominated male workplace can be tough. Several industries such as fire and police departments, automative services, and construction crews have long…
The Right Coast
Mocking vegans at work now considered discrimination in UK
Disparaging vegans could now land you behind bars for discrimination, a UK labor court ruled.On Friday, a tribunal in Norwich, England, determined that ethical veganism is a religion or belief,…