Discrimination and Harassment

NT Lakis Attorneys File Brief With Ninth Circuit, Arguing That Equal Pay Act Allows for Gender-Neutral Pay Decisions Based on Prior Salary

NT Lakis attorneys have filed a “friend-of-the-court” brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in an

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Reversing Obama-Era Policy Position, Attorney General Sessions Issues Memo to Justice Department Personnel Advising That Gender Identity Discrimination Is Not Prohibited by Title VII

In an about face from a 2014 position adopted by the Obama Administration, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has issued

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Rare Pro-Employer Ruling by Ninth Circuit in Concludes Company Acted Properly in Terminating Worker Who Alleged Disability Discrimination

A “published” decision issued recently by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found

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NT Lakis Attorneys File Brief Urging Full Eighth Circuit To Reverse Three-Judge Panel Ruling That Found Racial Epithets Uttered on Picket Line Were NLRA-Protected

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

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Most Recent USERRA Enforcement Statistics Show Complaints Filed With DOL Continued To Drop in FY 2016

The most recent enforcement statistics released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) indicate that

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Federal Court Sends EEOC’s ADA/GINA Wellness Plan Regulations Back to Drawing Board

The federal district court located in the District of Columbia has ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to reconsider

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President Trump Signs Short-Term Funding Bill Sparing OFCCP and Other Enforcement Agencies From Major Budget Cuts for Now

President Trump has signed a bill that will keep the federal government funded into December. The spending bill, which also

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Beware of State Laws That Bar Employment Application Questions That Could Signal an Applicant’s Age

NT Lakis attorneys have received calls recently from a number of employers reporting that the Minnesota Department of Human Rights

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