Discrimination and Harassment

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

By |2020-07-19T22:13:38-05:007/19/2020|Categories: Compensation, Discrimination and Harassment, Supreme Court|Tags: , , |Comments Off on 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

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

By |2020-09-21T13:54:16-05:005/10/2020|Categories: Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on 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

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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Ruling by Eleventh Circuit in Monaghan v. Worldpay Serves as Reminder That Burden on Plaintiff To Show Retaliatory Harassment Is Relatively Low

A recent ruling by a federal appeals court in a case brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

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EEOC Submits Formal Request for Three-Year Extension of EEO-1 “Component 1” Data Reporting, Does Not Intend Further Collection of “Component 2” Compensation and Hours-Worked Data

As it signaled it would do last fall, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has submitted a formal request to

By |2020-04-12T22:27:32-05:004/12/2020|Categories: Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on EEOC Submits Formal Request for Three-Year Extension of EEO-1 “Component 1” Data Reporting, Does Not Intend Further Collection of “Component 2” Compensation and Hours-Worked Data