Posts tagged SCOTUS.

Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced that he will retire from the U.S. Supreme Court, effective July 31.

The employer in the "gay skydiver case" has reportedly asked for Supreme Court review.

We now have a split in the circuits.

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.

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

A boss who grabs an employee's breasts without her consent is indeed guilty of sexual harassment.

What are you grateful for this year? Here is my list.

How much do you know about an employer’s reasonable accommodation obligations under the law(s)? Take this quiz and find out!

"Nice Accommodations!"

Question 1: Which of the following federal employment laws require reasonable 

accommodation, either by their terms or as courts have interpreted them over the years?

A. The Americans with Disabilities Act

B. The Family and Medical Leave Act

C. Title VII-religion

D. The Nursing Mothers Act

E. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act

F. All of the above

G. A, C, D, and E

ANSWER: G. The FMLA does not require reasonable accommodation, but all of these other laws do. And there is some overlap between the FMLA and pregnancy or disability accommodation because leave for pregnancy or disability can be a form of reasonable accommodation.

Trump’s travel ban scores one with the SCOTUS. This week, in a victory for the Trump Administration, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed as moot one of the two pending challenges to the March 6 travel ban issued by the Administration and vacated the lower court decision striking down the ban. (That March 6 travel ban has since been replaced by a September 24 travel ban.) Will ...

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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