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Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Kentucky Church Votes Against Interracial Couples
The Associated Press is reporting that a small, all-white church in rural Kentucky on Sunday voted to ban interracial couples from joining the congregation. According to the report, the church approved…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Suit Against Texas Bar Association Settles
The Texas Bar Association was sued for discrimination. Montgomery Miller, a 15 year employee for the bar, complained to his supervisor about problems with his foot. He said he suffered…
Labor Law Prof Blog
666 Days Accident-Free!
But not discrimination-free. Dennis Nolan sends us a link to this post from The Volokh Conspiracy:Here’s what is alleged in the Complaint in Hyatt v. Berry Plastics Corp. (N.D. Ga.…
Employment & Labor
Employers Beware – The EEOC’s FY 2011 EEOC Annual Performance And Accountability Report Confirms Its Focus On Systemic Discrimination Litigation
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Christopher DeGroff This past week the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued its FY 2011 Performance and Accountability Report. The Report was posted on…
Alabama Employment Law Report
EEOC Reports Record Number of Claims/Monetary Recovery for Fiscal Year 2011
The EEOC recently released FY 2011 statistics. According to the EEOC press release, 99,947 charges were filed during fiscal year 2011, which ended on September 30, 2011. This is the most charges filed…
Labor Law Prof Blog
EEOC Charges Up, Barely
The EEOC reports that the agency "received a record number of charges of discrimination" in FY 2011 -- 99,947, up from 99,222 in FY 2010. Here's the EEOC's FY 2011…
Workforce Bulletin
Large Corporations Increasingly Agree to Send All EEOC Charges to Mediation
By Epstein Becker Green, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
by Christina J. Fletcher The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has increased its efforts to encourage large corporations to enter into Nationwide Universal Agreements to Mediate (UAM). To date, more…
California Employment Law Update
Ninth Circuit Applies Supreme Court’s “Rigorous Analysis” Test And Vacates Certification Of Class Action
By Tony Oncidi
Ellis v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 657 F.3d 970 (9th Cir. 2011) In this appeal, Costco challenged the district court's order granting class certification in an action in which Costco's promotional…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Nasty Effects of Alabama’s Law
From the Center for American Progress:The “Birmingham campaign” to end segregation and other forms of discrimination garnered international attention in 1963 when the city’s infamous Commissioner of Public Safety “Bull”…
Whistleblower Protection Blog
Prison employees to rally against retaliation
Employees of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) will rally today to speak out against retaliation for filing discrimination complaints. In July, the American Federation of Government (AFGE) Employees Council…