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Hooters: An Employment Law Nightmare

Dec 22, 2023 Ellie Samuels

Ellie Samuels on Hooters' outdated and discriminatory employment practices.

Fighting Workplace Caste Discrimination: An Explainer — Part II

Mar 11, 2022 Priya Kamath

This post is the second of a two-part series that addresses caste discrimination in American workplaces. Part I discussed the history of the Indian caste system and how caste discrimination may surface in American workplaces. Part II, below, describes where caste may fit in existing U.S. anti-discrimination doctrine, proposals for reform, and recent developments. Caste […]

Demkovich: A “Constitutional Shelter” from Employment Discrimination Laws

Jul 13, 2021 Rachel Casper

On Friday, in Demkovich v. St. Andrew the Apostle Parish, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the ministerial exception applied to a ministerial employee’s hostile work environment claims brought under Title VII and the ADA. The decision expands the ministerial exception beyond tangible employment actions and into the realm […]

Workplace Harassment and the Ministerial Exception

May 28, 2021 Rachel Casper

An in depth article on this topic by the author, titled “When Harassment at Work is Harassment at Church,” is forthcoming in The University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Social Change, Vol. 25, Issue 1 (2021). “Ministerial employee of a religious organization” sounds niche: an imam at a mosque, a pastor at a church, a […]

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Hooters: An Employment Law Nightmare

Fighting Workplace Caste Discrimination: An Explainer — Part II

Demkovich: A “Constitutional Shelter” from Employment Discrimination Laws

Workplace Harassment and the Ministerial Exception