Discrimination and Harassment

Eleventh Circuit Reverses Three-Judge Panel Decision in Gogel v. Kia Motors, Rules HR Manager’s “Opposition” Conduct Was Not Protected Under Title VII Because It Rendered Her “Ineffective in the Position” for Which She Was Employed

A divided en banc Eleventh Circuit ruled recently that an HR manager’s actions of providing a colleague with the name

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Ruling by NLRB in General Motors Overturns Prior Precedent That Protected Racist and Sexist Speech at Work

In a major ruling, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has overturned longstanding precedent that in effect shielded employees’ racist

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Tenth Circuit, Ruling in Frappied v. Affinity Gaming Black Hawk, LLC and Citing Supreme Court’s Recent Landmark LGBTQ Decision, Allows Title VII “Sex-Plus-Age” Discrimination Claim To Proceed

Does Title VII permit a group of plaintiffs to bring a lawsuit claiming discrimination based on “sex-plus-age,” and if so,

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Supreme Court Declines To Hear Yovino v. Rizo , Leaving Circuit Split on Whether Prior Salary Can Be Used To Defend Against an Equal Pay Act Claim

The issue of how or even whether employers can consider an employee’s prior salary in making a compensation decision in

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Landmark Ruling by Supreme Court in Bostock v. Clayton County Holds That Title VII Prohibits Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

In a historic landmark 6-3 decision issued earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the prohibition against sex

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NT Lakis Files Brief On Behalf of CWC With Supreme Court Once Again Urging Reversal of Controversial Ninth Circuit Equal Pay Act Ruling in Rizo v. Yovino

For the second time in three years, NT Lakis has filed on behalf of CWC a “friend-of-the-court” brief with the

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Comments Filed With OMB Urging Approval of EEOC’s Request for Three-Year Extension of EEO-1 Component 1 Reporting Without Component 2 Pay Data Collection Provision

NT Lakis has filed written comments on behalf of the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) with the White House Office

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