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The Employer Handbook BlogToday at the Supreme Court, LGBT rights at work take center stage.
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It’s been a while since the Supreme Court weighed in on a big-time employment-law issue. That’s about to change.
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Hooters 2.0? EEOC says that a lingerie store can’t refuse to hire male salespeople
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A few decades ago, some men sued Hooters Restaurant, claiming that the purveyor of chicken wings, burgers, beer, and shapely female servers in tight, revealing outfits, was discriminating against males who were denied employment as servers.
That case resolved in 1997, with Hooters serving up a multi-million dollar settlement and opening up a few gender-neutral positions at the restaurant.
But, not servers. Continue reading
Vacation Thread: DOJ says that transgender discrimination under Title VII is perfectly legal
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(Not pictured: Eric Meyer; probably off grabbing a Dole Whip (adult version) and a turkey leg). Continue reading
When do (or don’t) Facebook posts create a hostile work environment?
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I can tell you this. It takes more than a few posts from a couple of ‘Wingnuts.’
How many things can you find wrong with this picture?
Remember those “what’s wrong with this picture” games that we played as children? Something like this.
Last night, I found the employment law equivalent from this recent Sixth Circuit opinion. Continue reading
Can sexual harassment investigations create an intolerable and hostile work environment for the harasser?
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Sympathetic: sym·pa·thet·ic Continue reading
$5 trillion says that LGBT discrimination at work is against federal law
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 over 200 companies, representing more than 7 million employees, a wide variety of industries, and more than $5 trillion in revenue will file with the Supreme Court today. Continue reading
Can a marijuana dispensary be responsible for a manager’s sexual harassment?
Or, stated differently, does a federal anti-discrimination law even cover a business that operates illegally under federal law?
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2020 presidential candidate Kamala Harris just floated ‘the most aggressive equal pay proposal in history.’
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