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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Study Documents Widespread Breastfeeding Discrimination, Particularly in Male-Dominated Industries
By Tracy Thomas
Pregnant@Work: An Initiative of the Center for WorkLife Law, Exposed: Discrimination Against Breastfeeding WorkersA new study released today by the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Dept of Labor Finds Oracle Systemically Underpaid Women Workers
By Tracy Thomas
Oracle Owes $400M to Women, Black, Asian Workers, Dept of Labor SaysOracle Corp. shorted women and minority workers $400 million in wages by paying them less than other employees, steering…
Employer Law Report
Court orders plaintiff in FMLA lawsuit to produce private social media content in discovery
By Brian Hall
In many employment cases, the parties engage in a battle over content in the plaintiff’s private social media accounts. The recent decision from the U.S. District Court in Eastern District…
Employment Law Spotlight
New York State (Finally) Passes Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act
By Saima Sheikh
Last week, following 16 years of discussion and debate, the New York state legislature finally passed the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA). The act would amend the state New York…
Women's Rights NY
What do you do if you are discriminated against at your workplace?
By Jack Tuckner
By Jack Tuckner, Esq. If you’re experiencing any kind of discriminatory treatment at the workplace because you’re a woman – I want to give you a different way to look…
Worker Employment & Overtime Pay Rights
Wrongful Termination
At Will Employment & Wrongful Termination Wrongful Termination is a misunderstood concept. Many states, like Texas, are at-will employment states. This means that, absent an agreement otherwise, a worker’s employment…
Fair Housing Defense
HUD Resolves Disability Discrimination Case Complaint Against Condominium Association in New Jersey
Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) issued a press release to announce it resolved a disability discrimination case in November 2018 filed against a New…
California Employment Law Update
The Coming Battle Over ‘Implicit Bias’ in Employment Discrimination Cases
By Tony Oncidi
Employers are facing the growing threat of “implicit bias” evidence in employment discrimination cases. Employment partner Tony Oncidi explains how to meet the challenge: https://www.proskauer.com/uploads/the-coming-battle-over-implicit-bias-in-employment-discrimination-cases …
Taking Care of HR Business
12 Days of HR: A Lesson on Implicit Bias Inspired by Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer has been a long-time holiday staple, both in film and in song. The gist of the story is that Rudolph was born with…
FB Employment Discrimination Blog
Retaliation: What Is Temporal Proximity?
It’s that wonderful time of the year when we remind everyone about the concept of retaliation in discrimination law. It’s pretty important: in 2016, then-EEOC Chair Jenny R. Yang said that…