Blog Posts in August, 2016

Following the Supreme Court's ruling in Young v. UPS, the EEOC updated its administrative guidelines on pregnancy discrimination, especially in the area of accommodating pregnant employees. These new ...

There are many federal statutes that protect individuals from discrimination based on certain protected categories. These categories include race, sex or gender, religious beliefs, age, among others. ...

Who knew that allegations of stealing a 68-cent bell pepper would lead to a huge employment discrimination verdict to the tune of $16 million? Certainly not the California resident who received this ...

It appears the EEOC is on a roll when it comes to updating their discrimination guidelines, which is a good thing. The latest area of employment discrimination to be rehashed is national origin ...

While no federal appeals court has yet declared sexual orientation discrimination to be a violation of Title VII, these types of claims are being pursued more frequently forcing courts to consider the ...

It has been more than 45 years since guidelines were first established to ensure nondiscrimination of females in the workplace. The Sex Discrimination Guidelines, as they havebecome known, have not ...