wallyg [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia CommonsNot exactly. For example, here is a situation in which a woman sued her former employer for violating the Family and Medical Leave Act. After the plaintiff initiated the action in federal court, she died. Did that end the case? No. Indeed, Rule 25…
By Franz Jantzen, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States – https://www.oyez.org/justices/neil_gorsuch, Public Domain, Link After reading 133 pages of transcripts from yesterday’s two (1, 2) oral arguments in the three LGBT workplace rights cases pending before the Supreme Court, three things are clear to me: First, the…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com It’s been a while since the Supreme Court weighed in on a big-time employment-law issue. That’s about to change. Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in three cases: EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. Bostock v. Clayton County Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc.…
By Ivan Curra, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link (Not pictured: Eric Meyer; probably off grabbing a Dole Whip (adult version) and a turkey leg). Folks, the blog posts may not be as fast and furious (i.e., daily) as usual this week. That’s because, yes, I am vacationing with the family in…
Image by mibapict from Pixabay Today, we’re taking a break from wage-and-hour compliance because I’m not sure that you can continue to handle that much fun. How else would you interpret so many people (un)subscribing to this blog yesterday? Instead, I want to talk about news of this brief that…
Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash Allow me to explain. Eric. remind me. What is the Equality Act? Among other things, the Equality Act would amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal anti-discrimination law for the workplace, to clarify that discrimination based on sex (currently…
Photo via Good Free Photos Short answer: No. Slightly longer answer: No, you jerk, of course not! In a few hundred more words, I’ll explain why. New Jersey: Lovers of pork roll and equal rights; haters of ‘gaydar’ comments from supervisors. The genesis for this blog post is this press…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/photos/question-question-mark-survey-2736480/) Oh, did I mention that the plaintiff was the HR Manager? Bruh… And she made an incendiary Facebook post. Well, that I can believe. (I’m friends on Facebook with several HR folks.) Then again, I don’t recall seeing a post like this. Let’s check out the…
Image Credit: https://pixabay.com/en/pride-gay-nyc-new-york-city-flag-2444813/ The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the prohibition against sex discrimination in Title VII also covers discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In other words, are there LGBT legal rights in the workplace? I should be on my third keyboard with all of…
Image Credit: https://pixabay.com/en/pride-gay-nyc-new-york-city-flag-2444813/ There is a sure-fire way to avoid the uncertainty of when and how the Supreme Court may — legal jargon in 3…2…1… — adjudicate LGBT rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. And that’s to pass a law making LGBT discrimination at work…