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Alabama Employment Law Report
RICCI V. DESTEFANO SUPREME COURT ORAL ARGUMENT CONERNING TITLE VII
On February 3, in The Perfect Storm, Part 2, I posted the following: I anticipate the courts, especially the District Courts, will be busy in 2009 and 2010. They will…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Transgender Discrim = T7 Sex Stereotyping, 9th Circuit Says
The Ninth Circuit last week, in Kastl v. Maricopa County Community College Dist., found that transgender employees claiming employment discrimination on that basis can state a sex stereotyping claim under…
California Employment Law Update
Tip of the Month: Best Practices for Compensation Audits
By Proskauer Employment Law Group
Recent changes in the legal and economic landscape have significantly heightened the risk that employers’ compensation systems will come under attack. Congress has passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Moss & Huang on New Economics & E’ment Discrim Law
Scott Moss (Colorado) and Peter Huang (Temple) have just posted on SSRN their article How the New Economics Can Improve Discrimination Law, and How Economics Can Survive the Demise of…
Employer Law Report
United States Supreme Court Holds That Collective Bargaining Agreements May Require Union Members to Arbitrate Discrimination Claims
On April 1, 2009, in a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court clarified an issue of confusion among lower courts when it held that "a collective-bargaining agreement that clearly…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Getting Jury Instructions in Discrimination Cases Right – Second Circuit Chimes in With Some Guidance
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals released an unpublished decision earlier this week that should give employment law practitioners (and judges) some pause as they go to trial on discrimination…
Alabama Employment Law Report
$500,000 Jury Verdict in Birmingham Federal Court
Johnny Hawkins, a black male employee, who worked for Alabama Aviation Industries (formerly known as PEMCO) for 25 years, was awarded a $500,000 jury verdict based on gender and race discrimination. Hawkins, who…
Aaron Morris' Business Law Alert
Top Five Employee Suits
By Aaron Morris
The EEOC recently identified the five most commonly filed employee suits, which are: sex discrimination and harassment (30.1 percent); retaliation (22.2 percent); race discrimination (13.5 percent); disability discrimination (12.8 percent);…
Employer Law Report
EEOC Experiences Sharp Rise In Discrimination Charges: How to Lessen Your Risk of Being Part of This Trend
In a press release issued yesterday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reports that, in its fiscal year 2008 there was a 15 percent increase in the number of employment…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Heightism to Utah
Congratulations to Isaac Rosenberg (2008 W&M grad & future labor/employment academic) for placing his article Height Discrimination in Employment (which we described here) in Utah L. Rev. Look for a…