Yesterday Democrats in both the House and the Senate reintroduced the Equality Act, a bill that would bar discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing, and public accommodations. Forty-four business groups, inclu... More »
In a brief to the Supreme Court yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice argued that Title VII’s prohibition against workplace discrimination on the basis of sex does not protect workers against discrimination on the basis of transgender identity or transitio... More »
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... More »
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, th... More »
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 jud... More »
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 ... More »
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... More »
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 tr... More »
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 inten... More »
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... More »
March 14th, 2019