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Discrimination
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WISE
DC Circuit Clarifies Employer’s Burden to Demonstrate A “Legitimate, Nondiscriminatory Reason” For Taking an Adverse Employment Action
By mmacdonald
DC Circuit Clarifies Employer’s Burden to Demonstrate A “Legitimate, Nondiscriminatory Reason" For Taking an Adverse Employment Action WHAT HAPPENED: Earlier this month the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC…
The Right Coast
CAIR Criticizes Disney s Aladdin Remake: Racism, Orientalism and Islamophobia
To release it during the Trump era of rapidly rising anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant and racist animus only serves to normalize stereotyping and to marginalize minority communities. via www.cnsnews.comGreat music though (for…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Equality Act Moves to Senate-A Victory for LGBTQ Groups
By Jason P. Brown, Robert T. Quackenboss
The House of Representatives passed the Equality Act (H.R. 5 – 116th Congress) this past Friday, May 17, mostly along party lines – the resolution passed with a 236 to…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Bill Making Major Changes to Discrimination Claims and Harassment Training Closer to Final Passage
Senate Bill 3, titled "Combatting Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment" has been modified since first introduced and passed the Senate late last week. Despite the title, the bill would impact…
ContractsProf Blog
Information Asymmetries Lead to Women Being Underpaid
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has revealed a plan that would overhaul American discrimination laws to ensure that women and men are paid the same for the same work. Under…
California Employment Law Update
Employee Could Rely Upon Former Supervisor’s Statement About Existence Of Discrimination
By Tony Oncidi
Weil v. Citizens Telecom Servs. Co., 2019 WL 1891796 (9th Cir. 2019) David Weil sued Citizens Telecom Services for wrongful termination and discriminatory failure to promote under Title VII and…
California Employment Law Update
California Bill Aims to Prohibit Employers from Discriminating on Basis of Hairstyle
A new California bill aims to make it illegal for employers to discriminate against employees based upon their hairstyles. SB 188, also known as the “CROWN Act” (Create a Respectful…
Savine Employment Law Blog
Springfield Legislators Eye Major Expansion of Discrimination Laws
By Gary Savine
Bill Would Expand Law To Cover Virtually All Illinois Employers By the end of this week, there’s a very good chance that the Illinois Legislature will place on Governor Pritzker’s…
Religion Clause
Muslim Employees Sue Amazon Over Religious Accommodation and Discrimination
On Tuesday, Muslim Advocates filed a complaint (full text) with the EEOC charging that Amazon.com, Inc.'s Minneapolis facility discriminates against its Muslim Somali and east African workers. The complaint charges…
The Right Coast
It’s Time for Jews to Realize They’re No Longer Welcome in American Universities Tablet Magazine
It s not just that the number of Jewish students in the Ivies are plummeting Harvard s class of 2020, for example, is only 6% Jewish. It s that the…