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Brief Round-up for LGBTQ Employees in Bostock, Zarda, and Harris (Part 4 of 5)

Jul 15, 2019 Jared Odessky

The LGBTQ employees in Bostock, Zarda, and Harris also received amicus support from academics and religious organizations. Scholars and Academics A group of historians argue that the public meaning of sex discrimination in the first decade after Title VII’s enactment was broad enough to encompass LGBTQ discrimination. The brief compiles evidence of LGBTQ workers who brought claims under Title VII in […]

Brief Round-up for LGBTQ Employees in Bostock, Zarda, and Harris (Part 3 of 5)

Jul 12, 2019 Jared Odessky

Today we continue our review of the amicus briefs submitted in support of the LGBTQ employees in Bostock, Zarda, and Harris. Gender and Racial Justice Organizations The National Women’s Law Center and other women’s rights groups argue that any decision holding that sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination are not forms of sex stereotyping prohibited by Title VII […]

Brief Round-up for LGBTQ Employees in Bostock, Zarda, and Harris (Part 2 of 5)

Jul 11, 2019 Jared Odessky

Yesterday we reviewed the opening briefs for the LGBTQ employees in Bostock, Zarda, and Harris. Today we begin summarizing the amicus briefs submitted in support, starting with organizations that focus primarily on LGBTQ rights. Amicus Briefs LGBTQ Rights Organizations Writing with respect to Bostock and Zarda, Lambda Legal explains that while most appellate judges to […]

Brief Round-up for LGBTQ Employees in Bostock, Zarda, and Harris (Part 1 of 5)

Jul 10, 2019 Jared Odessky

On October 8 the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Bostock v. Clayton County, Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The question presented in Bostock and Zarda is whether Title VII’s bar against employment discrimination “because of . . . sex” extends […]

July 4, 2019
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

Over 40 briefs in support of Title VII’s extension to sexual orientation and/or gender identity were submitted by amici curiae in time for yesterday’s deadline in the cases of Zarda, Bostock, and Harris (see Adrienne’s recap of the cases here). Jon Davidson of Freedom For All Americans, which helped coordinate the briefs, said the number […]

June 20, 2019
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

Two decades after its introduction, the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act passed both the New York State Assembly and Senate yesterday. The bill guarantees farmworkers collective bargaining rights, workers’ compensation, and unemployment benefits, and also provides for overtime pay for work in excess of 60 hours a week. Governor Cuomo has indicated he will sign […]

June 6, 2019
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

In the ongoing case of Chamber of Commerce v. City of Seattle dealing with the legality of Seattle’s for-hire vehicle driver collective bargaining ordinance, the Chamber and co-plaintiffs moved for summary judgment in February, arguing that the ordinance is preempted by federal antitrust law. The City of Seattle and co-defendants then sought discovery to gather […]

May 23, 2019
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

Yesterday the NLRB ruled against the UAW in its bid for a new election to represent both skilled production and maintenance employees at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In December 2015, the Board certified the UAW as the representative of only the maintenance employees following an election victory for that unit after the union’s […]

May 16, 2019
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) wrote to the National Mediation Board yesterday to accuse Delta of illegally interfering with the right of baggage handlers and flight attendants to make a free choice on unionization. The complaint follows a week in which one of Delta’s anti-union posters went viral and attracted widespread […]

May 9, 2019
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

Yesterday the Senate confirmed Janet Dhillon to serve as the new chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a 50-43 vote. Dhillon joins Republican Victoria Lipnic and Democrat Charlotte Burrows on the Commission, bringing its membership to three out of a total five seats and restoring quorum. Dhillon is most recently the Executive Vice […]

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Brief Round-up for LGBTQ Employees in Bostock, Zarda, and Harris (Part 4 of 5)

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