The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 is a federal law that prohibits employment discrimination "because of or on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions." In 2015, The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc., that employers must offer accommodations to pregnant employees that are at least equivalent to those provided to employees with disabilities.
Lawsuits To Test Whether Age-Based Recruitment Violates The ADEA
Can employers legally limit the ages of job prospects by recruiting only on college campuses? Can they cap the years of experience applicants are allowed to have? Can they set up social media recruitment campaigns that exclude older people? Or would taking active steps to minimize a job's visibility to workers over 40 violate the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)?
What Does Age Discrimination Look Like? ProPublica Examines IBM
Recently, the independent, nonprofit investigative journalism newsroom ProPublica released a detailed analysis of massive personnel changes at IBM that it believes indicate age discrimination.
Is Workplace Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation Illegal?
"AN EMPLOYMENT CAROL" - The Ghosts of Sex Harassment in the Workplace
Does your business culture actually support discrimination and harassment in the workplace? If so, how can you make meaningful changes and limit your liability? Take a lesson from Dickens: Scrooge's three ghosts represent choices and their consequences: (1) the past that has shaped a business culture, (2) the present climate of awareness, forward momentum, and change of which you can be a part, and (3) the future that you will certainly face if you are in denial and fail to implement reforms.
Employer's Good Faith Belief--though Incorrect--Leads to Termination: No Title VII Retaliation Found
When Getting Busy at Work Can Get You Fired (And Why Employers Need an Electronic Communications Policy)
SERVICE ANIMALS AND THE ADA
TITLE VII: "Take Five"
DOJ Says Federal Law Does Not Ban Sexual Orientation Discrimination
On July 26, 2017, the Department of Justice filed an Amicus Brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit taking the position that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not ban employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which is the primary government agency that enforces Title VII, takes the opposite position that discrimination based on sexual orientation is covered under the federal law.
