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Discrimination
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Labor Law Prof Blog
Whitney on “Autonomy” as a Defense to Discrimination
Heather Whitney (Visiting Research at Harvard Law School) has just posted on SSRN her essay, The Autonomy Defense of Private Discrimination. The abstract:While a number of concerns have been raised about…
Workforce Bulletin
Uber Presents a Cautionary Tale for Human Resources Departments
A recent blog post by Susan Fowler, a former software engineer at Uber, and the author of two books regarding software engineering, has once again drawn national attention to the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Case Against Segregated Women’s Sports
By Tracy Thomas
Nancy Leong, Against Women's SportsAbstractThis Article challenges the longstanding assumption that sports should be segregated by sex. Imposing sex segregation on sports is problematic for many reasons. It reflects and reinforces…
California Employment Law Report
Allegations made from Uber employee reminds CA employers about their obligations to conduct effective investigations into harassment claims
A former employee at Uber has made news this week in claiming that she was subjected to sexual harassment while working at Uber, and her complaints were not satisfactorily resolved. …
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Judge Nancy Gertner on What it Means to be a Woman Judge
By Tracy Thomas
Judge Nancy Gertner, Keynote Speaker, Univ. of Baltimore 9th Feminist Legal Theory Conference (Mar. 2016)I was on the bench for seventeen years, and I intend to write about that experience. The problem…
SimplyHR
St. Louis prohibits discrimination based on employees’ ‘reproductive health decisions’
A St. Louis city ordinance took effect Feb. 13 protecting employees against discrimination on the basis of their “reproductive health decisions.” Ordinance 70459 prohibits employers from taking any adverse employment…
Human Rights at Home Blog
No Flowers for You: The Washington Supreme Court Sides with Same-Sex Couple in Flower Shop Case
by Jeremiah HoCriticizing another’s garden—or perhaps wedding bouquet, here—doesn’t keep the weeds out of your own. The Washington Supreme Court has rendered a decision in the case of a florist’s…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Customer Objects to Mexican Ownership
Its a reminder that discrimination and prejudice is often just below the surface. A customer at a San Antonio restaurant left a racist note after he finished his meal at…
PropertyProf Blog
#PropertySchmooze Panel 2: Domestic Human Rights & Fair Housing Rights
By Chris Odinet
Taking the baton from my co-blogger, Sally Richardson (Tulane), it’s time for panel #2 here at the Property Schmooze featuring a discussion of access and fairness in housing policy.First up…
ImmigrationProf Blog
American Muslims Worry the Worst Is Yet to Come
Beenish Ahmed on Vice reports on the palpable fears in the Muslim community of what might be down the pike.KJRelated articlesYou Can Donate To The Families Of The Quebec Mosque…