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EEOC: Gender Identity Discrimination Covered by Title VII
In a decision issued April 23, 2012, the EEOC held that gender-identity discrimination-or discrimination against transgender individuals because they are transgender-constitutes sex discrimination...
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Narrowed Dukes v. Wal-Mart Class Survives Motion to Dismiss
The ongoing saga of the more than decade-old sex discrimination class action against Wal-Mart (Dukes v. Wal-Mart) will continue after the federal district court handling the case allowed plaintiffs’...
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Sixth Circuit Reverses Cintas Pattern-or-Practice Case
Last week, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment orders in a Title VII sex discrimination case against Cintas Corporation, holding that the EEOC (the intervening plaintiff)...
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Let’s Talk About Sex: U.S. Department of Labor Targets Transgender & Gender...
On Tuesday, August 19, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a directive to “clarify that existing agency guidance on discrimination on the basis of sex . . . includes discrimination on the bases...
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EEOC Rules that Sexual Orientation Discrimination is Sex Discrimination Under...
On the heels of the landmark decision by the Supreme Court in favor of gay marriage, the EEOC held on July 15, 2015 that sex discrimination under Title VII includes discrimination on the basis of...
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No Similarly Situated Employees, No Claim: Vanderbilt Prevails on Summary...
Last week the Sixth Circuit upheld a grant of summary judgment in the employer’s favor on a former employee’s sex discrimination claim, finding plaintiff failed to meet her burden to establish a prima...
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Second Circuit Joins Seventh Circuit in Finding Title VII Bars Sexual...
On February 26, 2018, the Second Circuit, in Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc., No. 15-3775, 2018 WL 1040820 (2d Cir. Feb. 26, 2018), held that sexual orientation discrimination is actionable sex...
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Sixth Circuit Rules that Employer Cannot Rely on the Religious Freedom...
On March 7, 2018, the Sixth Circuit issued a ruling of first impression, holding that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”) did not exempt an employer from liability for violating Title VII of...
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