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Discrimination
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Employment Discrimination Report
Toto, I’ve A Feeling We’re Not In Kansas Anymore!
The City Council of Hutchinson, Kansas just voted to amend a town ordinance which prohibits discrimination in employment (as well as housing and public accommodation) based on race, sex, familial…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
EEOC Statistics Show Drop in Claims Filed in Connecticut
With statistics from the CHRO lacking, it's hard to get a judge on whether claims of discrimination in Connecticut are rising or falling. The EEOC released new statistics this week,…
Alabama Employment Law Report
What does Title VII have to do with Sports?
This past weekend was an exciting one for me. I returned to my home town of Lakewood, New Jersey (yes, I am a Yankee who stayed in Alabama) where I…
Employment & Labor
Mining Discrimination Charge Data: What Your EEO Reports Aren’t Telling You
By Rebecca Pratt Bromet We often receive the question - "What is the best way to avoid workplace class action litigation?" That answer is deceptively simple - "Don't get sued."…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Rosenthal on Disparate Impact
Lawrence Rosenthal (Chapman) has just posted on SSRN his article (forthcoming Cardozo L. Rev.) Saving Disparate Impact. Here's an excerpt from the abstract:... [A] cloud hangs over disparate-impact liability. In…
Employer Law Report
EEOC Issues Enforcement Guidance On Criminal Background Checks
By Brian Hall
On April 25, 2012, the EEOC issued a new Enforcement Guidance memorandum focusing on potential race and national origin discrimination arising out of employer use of criminal background checks in…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Connecticut Supreme Court Stakes Out “Similarly Situated” and Statistical Standards
As we continue the analysis of this week's Connecticut Supreme Court decisions, the court also clarified how employees can prove their claims of discrimination in Perez-Dickson v. City of Bridgeport.…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
EEOC Rules Transgender Employees Protected by Title VII
The Miami Herald - Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida: EEOC: Transgender workers protected by Title VII, the federal law that covers sex discrimination:The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has ruled…
Employment Discrimination Report
EEOC Continues to Sue Large Companies
We told you the other day that EEOC Commissioner Lipnic confimed that the EEOC would continue to file 200 to 300 lawsuits this year, targeting alleged systemic discrimination as well as large companies. …
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Could Unattractiveness Become a Protected Class?
By Troutman Pepper Locke's Labor + Employment Group
A few weeks ago, our colleague posted about whether obesity would become a protected class. Biases based upon appearance don't end with obesity. Studies show that: Tall people get paid more;…