Posts Tagged ‘employment law’
LGBTQ Workers Protected by Supreme Court Ruling
On June 15, 2020 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination. The decision was written by Justice Neil Gorsuch who wrote the opinion in the 6-3 ruling. The decision states, “An employer who fires and individual merely for being gay…
Read MoreEmployment Law and the “Cat’s Paw” Theory of Liability
In a recent decision, the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court summary judgment for the Defendant employer in a case in which the Plaintiff asserted what is known as the “cat’s paw” theory of liability. Under this theory, where an employer takes adverse action against an employee (i.e. termination or discipline), even…
Read MoreWhen The Dress Code Does Not Match Religious Practice: The Abercrombie Case
American youth fashion recently crossed paths with a fundamental civil rights law in a case that garnered national attention. On June 1, 2015, the United States Supreme Court found that Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by refusing to hire a Muslim woman who wore a…
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