Posts tagged Hively v. Ivy Tech.

This case will blow your mind.

Hively v. Ivy Tech is ovah!

And one judge is not pleased.

Another federal appeals court will soon decide whether Title VII prohibits sexual orientation discrimination.

The Sixth Circuit decision seems overall correct, although it contains some "woke dicta," too.

Let's look at the arguments, pro and con, that the Supreme Court is likely to hear someday.

Today's decision (all 163 pages of it) is from the Second Circuit (Connecticut, New York, and Vermont).

The issue of whether Title VII prohibits sexual orientation bias will have to be resolved another day.

Last week, I had a short post about the position taken by the U.S. Department of Justice in the Zarda v. Altitude Express "gay skydiver" case.

The DOJ has directly opposed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which had also filed a brief in the case. The EEOC says that sexual orientation discrimination is prohibited by Title VII. The DOJ says it isn't.

(As I noted last week, the ...

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My dad and me . . . a VERY long time ago!

Happy Father's Day to all of our readers who are dads, who have dads, or who love one or more dads.

As most of our readers know, there has been a movement -- for which most of the credit goes to Ivanka Trump -- to get some type of paid leave for new parents. The original proposal advanced by President Trump when he was a candidate was for six weeks of paid maternity

Robin Shea has 30 years' experience in employment litigation, including Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (including the Amendments Act). 
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