The owner of a plumbing company fired his son who is accused of urinating on a memorial dedicated to a boy who died from cancer in 2012. That’s according to multiple news reports, including this report from Colt Shaw of the Press of Atlantic City Apparently, a friend recorded the…
United States Senate [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsYep, this plan packs a punch. So, let’s head over to Ms. Harris’s campaign website to see what this is all about. It says here that companies will be required to prove that they’re not paying women less than men for work of…
Image Credit: Google Street View It doesn’t look so good if you are the defendant. Last week, a Mississippi federal court jury concluded that a strip club in Mississippi had discriminated against five black dancers. In total, the jury awarded the women $1.5 million in punitive damages, $1.68 million in…
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…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com In a statement issued earlier this week, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) announced that he would “not rest” until Congress passed “historic legislation to end forced arbitration.” I have a feeling Mr. Nadler is going to be pretty tired. But, let’s see what this is all…
By David Shankbone – Own work, CC BY 3.0, Link Yesterday’s post was all about the breadth of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). We addressed a situation in which a plaintiff alleged that her employer fired her for seeking an abortion. The court concluded that, if true, the employer’s actions would…
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay A Louisiana woman claimed that, back in September 2017, she told her employer that she had become pregnant and that she was planning on having an abortion. The woman then alleged that, during her time off from work, the company violated the Pregnancy Discrimination Act…
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…
U.S. Government [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsIt took nearly two years for the Senate to vote on Janet Dhillon, President Trump’s nominee to Chair the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. However, last week, the Senate finally confirmed Ms. Dillon. So, not only does the EEOC have a new leader, but…
I’ll be the first to admit that, if I were watching this video in real time, I would have missed it. Missed what? A Chicago Cubs fan flashing what the team determined was an ‘offensive hand gesture associated with racism’ on live tv. That fan has since been banned from…