On March 10, 2017, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears appeals from the federal district courts in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. In...
Year: 2017
EEOC 2016 Year-End Report
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has released in year-end report for 2016, which, in part, provides statistical data regarding the discrimination charges filed with the agency. Here in Kentucky, there were 911 total charges filed, which consisted of...
2017 Labor & Employment Cases – U.S. Supreme Court Edition – UPDATE
n January 13, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States granted cert to multiple petitions seeking an answer to a seemingly simple question: whether class-action waivers in employment arbitration agreements, otherwise subject to the Federal Arbitration Act, violate...
2017 Labor & Employment Cases – U.S. Supreme Court Edition
It's early January -- happy new year! -- and an appropriate time to take a look at several of the labor and employment cases now pending in the Supreme Court. First, there's McLane Co. Inc. v. EEOC, No. 15-1248. The issue: whether a district court's decision to quash...