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Equality Law Scholars’ Forum
Main Saturday, November 11, 2017Equality Law Scholars’ ForumEquality Law Scholars’ ForumFriday, November 17 – Saturday, November 18, 2017The Forum is designed to provide junior scholars with commentary and critique by…
California Employment Law Update
Workers’ Compensation Decision Barred Employees’ FEHA Claims
By Tony Oncidi
Ly v. County of Fresno, 2017 WL 4546059 (Cal. Ct. App. 2017) Three Laotian correctional officers were allegedly subjected to racial and national origin discrimination, harassment and retaliation by their…
Labor Law Prof Blog
EEOC Launches Nationwide Interactive On-Line Portal
The EEOC announced earlier this month that it will be offering a new on-line portal that will allow members of the public to file discrimination charges. The portal will further allow…
Supreme Court Update
Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago (16-658)
Well, despite (because of??) our mild ribbing yesterday about the Court's tendency to start each term with per curiam decisions saying what the law isn't, The Nine sprung into action…
All in a Day's Work: The Employer's Legal Guide
New York City Salary History Ban Now in Effect
By David Mitchell, Michael E. DeLarco
The day has finally arrived. Yesterday, on October 31, 2017, a new law took effect prohibiting public and private employers of any size in New York City from inquiring about…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Harpur on Discrimination, Copyright, & Equality
Congratulations to Paul Harpur (U. Queensland/Beirne Law) on the publication earlier this year by Cambridge University Press of his book Discrimination, Copyright & Inequality. The book analyses the interaction between…
California Employment Law Update
Employer’s Victory In Workers’ Compensation Proceeding Leads To Dismissal Of Discrimination Claims
By Tony Oncidi, Hal Brody
A recent California Court of Appeal opinion reminds employers of the need to carefully monitor parallel workers’ compensation proceedings involving litigants who also have civil claims pending against the employer.…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Relationship Status Discrimination Against Women in Academic Hiring
By Tracy Thomas
Lauren Rivera, When Two Bodies are (Not) a Problem: Gender and Relationship Status Discrimination in Academic Hiring, Amer. Soc. Rev. (Oct. 25, 2017)Junior faculty search committees serve as gatekeepers to…
Café con Labor
¿Cuál es el efecto del memorándum de Sessions en la discriminación de los transgenéricos?
View English Version Here El 4 de octubre de 2017, el Fiscal General de los Estados Unidos Jeff Sessions emitió un memorándum en el que anunciaba que el Departamento de…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Timeline of Donald Trump’s Anti-Muslim comments
The Bridge Initiative Team has an "interactive timeline" that might be of interest to ImmigrationProf readers. In light of ongoing legal challenges to the latest iteration of the Muslim Ban, The Bridge…