Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Shannon Kelly | June 17, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court resolved once and for all a split among federal appeals courts, holding that Title VII's prohibition of employment discrimination based on sex extends to employees discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
By Jane Wester | June 16, 2020
Marilyn Booker served as Morgan Stanley's global head of diversity from 1994 to 2010, but she was "inexplicably" removed from that role soon after James Gorman became Morgan Stanley's CEO, according to the suit, which was filed by Wigdor partner Jeanne Christensen.
By Ross Todd | June 16, 2020
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin on Tuesday announced an employee protection and unfair business practices action against DoorDash. The suit comes a little over a month after the state's attorney general and city attorneys in LA, SF and San Diego sued Uber and Lyft bringing misclassification claims and less than a week after a California regulator found the ride-sharing companies' drivers were employees.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Robin Bresky and Randall Burks | June 16, 2020
On June 15, the court answered that question as to all three cases in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, holding that an employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender violates Title VII.
By ALM Staff | June 16, 2020
University of Miami law dean Anthony Varona, the first general counsel and legal director for the Human Rights Campaign, says the U.S. Supreme Court decision reflects "what many of us have been saying and writing and teaching for many years."
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By LaKisha Kinsey-Sallis | June 16, 2020
As Florida businesses are navigating the "Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step Plan" to reopen Florida, the wave of COVID-19-related litigation is highlighting the fact that these lawsuits may also dredge up long-simmering employment conflicts unrelated to the pandemic.
By Charles Toutant | June 15, 2020
The former judge was already removed from the bench for making inappropriate comments to a sexual assault victim.
By Tom McParland | June 15, 2020
The ruling upheld a lower court's decision to toss the case on summary judgment, finding insufficient evidence to support the plaintiffs' claims regarding Bed Bath & Beyond's use of a "fluctuating workweek" formula to compensate employees for overtime hours.
By Marcia Coyle | June 15, 2020
Monday's landmark win for LGBT workers revealed intense disagreements within the court's conservative wing. Justice Samuel Alito called the majority decision, written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, "breathtaking" in its "arrogance." Added Kavanaugh: "The best way for judges to demonstrate that we are deciding cases based on the ordinary meaning of the law is to walk the walk."
By Marcia Coyle | June 15, 2020
The decision stems from Clayton County's firing of Gerald Bostock as a child welfare services coordinator, which he said was based on his supervisors' discovery that he was gay. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit had applied its 39-year-old precedent holding "discharge for homosexuality is not prohibited by Title VII."
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