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June 1, 2018
News & Commentary

Sejal Singh

Las Vegas casino workers are preparing for a massive, citywide strike — the first in three decades — after contracts affecting about 50,000 union workers expired at midnight last night. The contracts govern work at some of Vegas’ biggest names, including MGM Resorts, the Bellagio, and Ceasars Palace. Management and the union have been unable to agree on […]

Sixth Circuit Rejects RFRA Defense and Holds Title VII Bans Anti-Transgender Discrimination

Mar 8, 2018 Alexa Kissinger

Yesterday in EEOC v. R.G. &. G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, the Sixth Circuit held that “Title VII protects transgender persons because of their transgender or transitioning status” as a form of sex discrimination. In comprehensive and unequivocal language, the court also rejected the Funeral Home’s asserted RFRA defense that employing Stephens while she represented herself as a woman would […]

En Banc Second Circuit Holds Title VII Protects Workers Against Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation

Feb 26, 2018 Alexa Kissinger

Earlier today in Zarda v. Altitude Express Inc., the Second Circuit ruled en banc that discrimination based on sexual orientation violates Title VII. Chief Judge Robert A. Katzmann wrote for the majority and was joined, in part or completely, by nine other judges. Three judges penned dissenting opinions. The majority held that “sexual orientation discrimination […]

February 26, 2018
News & Commentary

Vivian Dong

Oral argument for Janus happens today. As a refresher, a ruling in favor of the plaintiff, Mark Janus, would bar public sector unions from collecting agency fees that go to collective-bargaining costs from union non-members. Because unions are still under a duty of fair representation to all the employees they represent, including non-members, a ruling […]

Today’s News & Commentary — September 27, 2017

Sep 27, 2017 Suzanne Schlossberg

On the heels of the London Transit Authority announcing that it will revoke Uber’s operating license, Uber has decided to leave Quebec rather than comply with new training regulations. Quebec planned to increase the minimum training for Uber drivers from 20 hours to 35 hours, bringing the requirement in line with training requirements for Montreal […]

Today’s News & Commentary — July 28, 2017

Jul 28, 2017 Alexa Kissinger

Earlier this week in a series of tweets, President Trump announced that transgender individuals would be barred from serving in the United States military “in any capacity.” Transgender members have been able to serve openly since President Obama lifted the transgender ban in June 2016, after lifting the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in 2010. Citing “tremendous medical costs and disruption […]

July 2, 2017
News & Commentary

Kamika Shaw

This week, the Department of Labor expressed its intention to change its impending overtime rule. The Labor Department filed a response brief in a Fifth Circuit case involving a challenge to the Obama administration’s overtime rule. The rule, which was intended to go into effect last December, increased the salary threshold under which workers would […]

May 30, 2017
News & Commentary

Feyi Lawoyin

Uber and Lyft returned to Austin, TX on Monday after Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 100 into law, eliminating Austin’s fingerprint requirements for drivers. As the LA Times describes, the bill designates the state, not local, government as the regulator of the “ride-hailing industry.” Uber and Lyft left Austin in May of 2016 after […]

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June 1, 2018

Sixth Circuit Rejects RFRA Defense and Holds Title VII Bans Anti-Transgender Discrimination

En Banc Second Circuit Holds Title VII Protects Workers Against Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation

February 26, 2018

Today’s News & Commentary — September 27, 2017

Today’s News & Commentary — July 28, 2017

July 2, 2017

May 30, 2017