Topic
Discrimination
3,402 published works
Employee Benefits Blog
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Inferior Parental Leave Policies Can Result in Discrimination Claims
By Jeremy White, McDermott Will & Emery
To recruit and retain top talent, employers often offer benefits more generous than required under the law. Such benefits include unlimited vacation, paid maternity leave and paid paternity leave. However,…
Steve Cornforth Blog
Concerning a train ride, real people and yooman rights
I was on the train home last week when three fairly ‘hard’ looking scouse workers sat in the three seats surrounding me. They were already in the middle of animated…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Exclusive: New Statistics from CHRO Show Drop in Discrimination Claims
Through a recent FOI request, I was able to take a peek at the latest case statistics coming out of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. (The CHRO has…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Reviewing how federal prisons deny rehabilitative programming to undocumented prisoners
Main October 18, 2017Reviewing how federal prisons deny rehabilitative programming to undocumented prisonersJacob Schuman, a federal public defender, has this new Marshall Project commentary examining federal Bureau of Prisons policies…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Man Sues Anti-Gay Mississippi Funeral Home for Refusing to Cremate His Husband
When Robert Huskey died at the age of 86, his husband, Jack Zawadski, proceeded with prior plans to bury him at Picayune Funeral Homes in Mississippi. Upon discovering that Zawadski…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
CFP Gender Sidelining Symposium
By Tracy Thomas
Call for proposals in gender sidelining symposiumCalifornia Western School of LawCalifornia Western School of Law invites proposals for its Gender Sidelining Symposium to be held April 26-27, 2018 in San…
The Right Coast
Interior’s Ryan Zinke cracks down on discrimination and sexual harassment at national parks
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is moving swiftly to address a rising level of discrimination and sexual harassment at the National Park Service after a new report released Friday showed a…
PrawfsBlawg
Zarda and the Trump Administration’s Surprising (and Largely Unrecognized) Approach to Anti-Discrimination Principles
Main Friday, October 13, 2017Zarda and the Trump Administration's Surprising (and Largely Unrecognized) Approach to Anti-Discrimination PrinciplesThe Trump Administration's Justice Department ("DOJ") attracted substantial public criticism for its decision to…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Gender Bias in Academe: An Annotated Bibliography
By Tracy Thomas
London School of Economics, LSE Impact Blog, Gender Bias in Academe: An Annotated BibliographyAcademic research plays an important role in uncovering bias and helping to shape a more equal society.…
PrawfsBlawg
Unconstitutional Intent and the Executive
Main Thursday, October 12, 2017Unconstitutional Intent and the Executive A central focus of the ongoing Travel Ban cases is whether the restrictions they impose are invalid because they were motivated…