Sex Discrimination
Will Supreme Court evaluate whether a transgender woman can sue for job discrimination?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects against various forms of discrimination including sex, religion, gender and national origin. Whether it protects against sexual orientation discrimination is unsettled, with differing appellate court decisions. In an advisory opinion the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has argued that sexual discrimination extends to and includes sexual…
Read MoreFacebook Sued for Sex Discrimination in Employment Ads
A recently filed employment discrimination lawsuit asserts that Facebook’s platform promotes sex discrimination. Among the allegations are assertions that Facebook blocks women from seeing job ads. The complaint specifically asserts: “Facebook directs, encourages, and helps its advertisers (including employers and employment agencies) to use Facebook’s ad platform to target their ads (including their employment ads)…
Read MoreSex Discrimination Suit Alleges Systemic Bias
New reports that a recent employment discrimination lawsuit has been filed against Nike. The sex discrimination lawsuit asserts that women were systematically discriminated against, and passed over for promotions, pay increases and other benefits of employment. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects women from discrimination in terms of employment. This means…
Read MoreDoes “religious freedom” allow businesses to discriminate?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits sexual discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Many recent cases have evaluated whether prohibitions against sexual discrimination also extend to and include prohibitions against sexual orientation discrimination. Many courts across the country have found that it does. Similarly, many states have laws protecting individuals from…
Read MoreSex Discrimination Laws Protect Transgender Workers, Federal Court Rules
Two recent cases have bolstered support for the conclusion that Title VII prohibitions against sex discrimination extend to and include sexual orientation discrimination. In the first, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that a funeral home discriminated when it fired a transgender employee after she told her boss that she was going to be…
Read MoreFederal Court Determines Title VII Prohibits Transgender Discrimination
In a recent landmark case, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals determined that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits transgender workplace discrimination. The court also determined that employers may not use the Religious Freedom Act as an excuse or justification to discriminate against workers. In the case, EEOC v. v. R.G.…
Read MoreFederal Appeals Court Determines Title VII Protections Against Sex Discrimination Include Sexual Orientation Discrimination
On Monday, a second federal court of appeals determined that sex discrimination prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights of 1964 extends to and includes sexual orientation discrimination. The New York federal appeal court determined that “sexual orientation” discrimination is a subset of sex discrimination. This means that employers are prohibited from taking one’s…
Read MoreMajority of women in computer related jobs report discrimination
A new report published by Pew Research determined that 3 out of 4 women in computer related jobs reported experiencing discrimination at work, compared to 16% of men. The types of discriminatory actions varied, with roughly one-third of participants reporting that they earned less than a man doing the same job, while others indicated that…
Read MoreBreast-feeding Discrimination Claim Proceeds
In a recent employment law decision, a federal district court found in favor of a woman’s claim that she had experienced discrimination while breast-feeding. In this instance, the woman expressed breast milk in a shared office. She had been instructed to use the designated “lactation room”, however her job duties as a clinical bed manager in…
Read MoreCan Title VII Protect Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination?
Whether sex discrimination prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 extends to and protects against discrimination based on sexual orientation will likely be considered by the Supreme Court in the near future. Pursuant to Title VII, employers are prohibited from taking sex/gender into consideration in work-related decisions such as the hiring,…
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