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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Trump Administration Strengthens ‘Conscience Rule’ for Health Care Workers
May 2, 2019 (New York Times): Trump Administration Strengthens 'Conscience Rule ' for Health Care Workers, by Margot Sanger-Katz:On Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a new…
All in a Day's Work: The Employer's Legal Guide
Minnesota Court Clarifies Key Difference Between Federal and State Discrimination Laws
By Michael E. DeLarco, Zachary Siegel
Employers in Minnesota should be aware of a key difference between federal and Minnesota employment law. In McBee v. Team Industries, Inc., the Minnesota Supreme Court held that, unlike the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Third Circuit Holds that Gender Segregated Pool Schedule for Seniors Violates Fair Housing Act
By Tracy Thomas
Gender-segregated Pool Schedule for Seniors Condo Discriminates Against Women, Third Circuit SaysA New Jersey condominium association’s sex-segregated pool schedule discriminates against women in its “allotment of favorable swimming times,” a…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
NYC Bans Discrimination Based on Sexual and Reproductive Health Decisions
By Christopher Collins, Jamie Moelis*
As of May 20, 2019, NYC will prohibit employment discrimination based on an employee’s “sexual and reproductive health decisions,” which the new law defines as “any decision by an individual…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Third Circuit Upholds Philadelphia’s Refusal to Refer Foster Children to Organizations that Discriminates on Basis of Sexual Orientation
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its opinion in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a unanimous panel of the Third Circuit affirmed the district…
Café con Labor
Comparando manzanas con naranjas: ¿cómo se prueba la discriminación?
View English Version Here El 21 de marzo de 2019, el Tribunal de Apelaciones del Undécimo Circuito (que cubre a los empleadores en Florida, Georgia y Alabama) pronunció una decisión…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court Grants Cert to Resolve Circuit Split on Whether LGBTQ Bias is “Sex” Discrimination under Title VII
By Tracy Thomas
The US Supreme Court granted cert today in Altitude Express v. Zarda, RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC, and Bostock v. Clayton County on the question of "Whether…
Workplace Safety and Health Law Blog
Testing for Interference in MSHA 105(c) Discrimination Cases
The legal basis of interference is in Section 105(c)(1) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act (“Mine Act”) - “No person shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against…
California Employment Law Update
Harassment Claims: Best Practices for Employers in the #MeToo Era
By Tony Oncidi
Tony Oncidi: On the issue of #MeToo and the current and best way for an employer to respond to those issues, I think there are certain things that are essentially table…
Law and the Workplace
Impactful Sexual Harassment Bill Passes Illinois Senate
By Ren Morris, Steven J. Pearlman
On April 11, 2019, the Illinois state Senate voted to pass Senate Bill 1829, also known as the Workplace Transparency Act (the “Act”). If passed by the House of Representatives,…