Discrimination and Harassment

Status Report on Key Trump Administration Enforcement Agency Leadership Nominations and Appointments

As we approach the fifteen-month mark of the Trump Administration — nearly one-third of the way through the President’s term

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Eleventh Circuit Concludes Employer Did Not Violate Title VII’s Religious Accommodation Requirement, Contrasting with Recent Tenth Circuit Ruling

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a religious failure-to-accommodate lawsuit brought under Title VII by

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Ninth Circuit Rules That Prior Salary Is Not a Legitimate Basis for Justifying Gender Pay Differentials Under the Equal Pay Act

The federal Equal Pay Act (EPA) bars differences in pay between men and women performing substantially similar jobs in the

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NT Lakis Lawyers File Brief With Supreme Court Urging Reversal of Seventh Circuit’s Arbitrary Expansion of EEOC’s Investigatory Authority

NT Lakis lawyers, joined by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court

By |2018-04-07T18:24:50-05:004/7/2018|Categories: Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on NT Lakis Lawyers File Brief With Supreme Court Urging Reversal of Seventh Circuit’s Arbitrary Expansion of EEOC’s Investigatory Authority

In Massive Spending Bill, EEOC Gets a Bump; OFCCP, NLRB, and WHD End Up Flat Funded

Late last week, Congress finally came to an agreement and approved “omnibus” spending legislation to keep government operations funded through

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Eleventh Circuit Finds That Plaintiff Presented Enough Evidence To Send Compensation Discrimination Case to Jury

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed and remanded a lower court’s summary judgment dismissal of a female employee’s

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Massachusetts Issues Compliance Guidance on State’s 2016 Equal Pay Law Expansion

The Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General has issued much-anticipated guidance on the implementation and enforcement of the state’s 2016

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