Erin Mulvaney

November 27, 2017 | National Law Journal

A Pennsylvania federal judge this month, ruling for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, awarded $55,500 in damages and other relief to a private employee who claimed he was discriminated against because he is gay. The case was a test for the agency as it pushes for such protections to be recognized under federal civil rights laws.

By Erin Mulvaney

5 minute read

November 27, 2017 | The Recorder

The real estate company CBRE Inc.'s mandatory arbitration agreements violate federal labor law, according to an administrative law judge ruling that highlighted controversial employee restrictions that are at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case this term.

By Erin Mulvaney

5 minute read

November 22, 2017 | National Law Journal

How can companies make sure they have sexual harassment policies in place to protect interests and employees? We talked to several attorneys about common pitfalls and the lay of the land in the corporate environment right now. Here are highlights from those conversations.

By Erin Mulvaney

9 minute read

November 21, 2017 | National Law Journal

The nearly $1.2 million jury verdict Monday for a transgender professor in Oklahoma followed a years-long battle in which the U.S. Department of Justice—at once a plaintiff in the case—retreated from the dispute in the Trump administration, highlighting the increasingly complex landscape for gender identity discrimination complaints.

By Erin Mulvaney

5 minute read

November 20, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Lawyers for Google Inc. argue a class action that accuses the company of pay discrimination casts too wide a net with overbroad claims of alleged gender inequities and unfair promotion opportunities for women.

By Erin Mulvaney

5 minute read

November 20, 2017 | The Recorder

Lawyers for Google Inc. argue a class action that accuses the company of pay discrimination casts too wide a net with overbroad claims of alleged gender inequities and unfair promotion opportunities for women.

By Erin Mulvaney

5 minute read

November 17, 2017 | The Recorder

A federal magistrate judge has denied an effort by PricewaterhouseCoopers to seal the number of would-be class members in an age discrimination suit that claims the accounting and consulting firm unlawfully struck older job applicants from employment consideration. The plaintiff's attorneys estimated that some 14,000 potential job applicants over age 40 could be part of the affected class.

By Erin Mulvaney

4 minute read

November 16, 2017 | National Law Journal

Victoria Lipnic, the acting chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on Thursday suggested the agency under a Republican majority may not continue to push for pay data collection efforts that target the wage gap, a day after a lawsuit slammed a decision by the Trump administration to scuttle a reporting requirement. Two nominees—Janet Dhillon and Daniel Gade—are awaiting U.S. Senate confirmation.

By Erin Mulvaney

5 minute read

November 15, 2017 | National Law Journal

Kirkland & Ellis partner Kate O'Scannlain, facing questions about workplace sexual harassment at her confirmation hearing Wednesday for a U.S. Labor Department post, vowed to study how the broad use of arbitration clauses in employee contracts can unfairly silence victims.

By Erin Mulvaney

4 minute read

November 15, 2017 | National Law Journal

“If it wasn't clear before, it's crystal clear now: women—and the families relying on women's paychecks—are at the bottom of the Trump administration's agenda,” said Emily Martin, general counsel to the National Women's Law Center. “By stopping the equal pay data collection, this administration has shown that its loyalties lie with corporate employers who want to hide pay discrimination under the rug. We will not allow this to go unchallenged.”

By Erin Mulvaney

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