The #MeToo movement has brought public awareness to claims concerning pay disparity based on gender. As more and more women bring equal pay claims and enter into hefty settlements, the general public begins to internalize the...more
8/24/2019
/ #MeToo ,
Appeals ,
Burden-Shifting ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Colleges ,
Damage Caps ,
Damages ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Pay ,
Exhaustion Doctrine ,
Faculty ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Title VII ,
Universities ,
Wage and Hour
On February 28, 2019, the Miles & Stockbridge Labor, Employment, Benefits & Immigration practice group presented its seventeenth annual Hot Topics in Employment Law seminar to an audience of nearly four hundred clients and...more
Last month, with its decision in EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc., 884 F.3d 560 (6th Cir. 2018) the Sixth Circuit broadened Title VII protection to include protection for individuals who are transgender or...more
4/10/2018
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Freedom of Religion ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
The stage has been set for the Supreme Court to consider whether sexual orientation is protected sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”). Sitting en banc last week, the Seventh Circuit...more