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Discrimination
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PrawfsBlawg
Party control
Main Wednesday, April 05, 2017Party controlI have not had a chance to read the en banc Seventh Circuit decision in Hively v. Ivy Tech Comm. College, holding that sexual-orientation discrimination…
HR Law Talk
Employer Recovery of Fees and Costs in Discrimination Cases – Is There a Trend Starting?
Ohio just passed a new law that could begin a trend favorable to employers. The new law allows Ohio's Civil Rights Commission, in its discretion, to award attorneys' fees and…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Western District Denies Motion to Dismiss
Mary Ellen Johnson worked at Southwest Research Institute for many years before she was fired. Some time before her termination, she complained about possible discrimination against her due to her…
Down the Wire
Race in the Workplace
Last month Baroness McGregor-Smith published her review on race in the workplace, focusing on the issues affecting black and minority ethnic (BME) groups in the workplace. In all, the review made some…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Statistical (and Racial) Discrimination, ‘Banning the Box’, and Crime Rates”
Main March 28, 2017"Statistical (and Racial) Discrimination, 'Banning the Box', and Crime Rates"The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper authored by Murat Mungan now…
The EPL Advisor
Employer Granted Summary Judgment on Claims of Hostile Work Environment by Equal Opportunity Harasser
A federal district court in Alabama granted an employer’s motion for summary judgment regarding a former general manager’s hostile work environment claims. Thrower v. Yedla Management Co. Plaintiff, a Caucasian…
PrawfsBlawg
Monday Morning with Larry (Alexander)
Main Monday, March 27, 2017Monday Morning with Larry (Alexander)This morning was fun. Classes were prepared, in-box was manageable, meetings were cancelled. So, I spent a few hours with a stack…
Global Workplace Insider
“Facially unacceptable” – An inexcusable ground for discrimination
This article was written by Purnel Gangiah, a Candidate Attorney at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa The mere fact that an employer considers an employee to be disabled does not…
Global Workplace Insider
Ontario Human Rights Tribunal: Subjective belief can trump facts
Chodha v. 1352866, 2016 HRTO 1241 demonstrates that human rights tribunals will consider an employer’s bona fide subjective belief in deciding whether the employer has provided a reasonable explanation for…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Reinventing Antidiscrimination Law
By Tracy Thomas
Nancy Levit, June Carbone, Naomi Cahn, Gender and the Tournament: Reinventing Antidiscrimination Law in the Age of Inequality, Texas L. Rev. (forthcoming)Since the 1970’s, antidiscrimination advocates have approached Title VII as…