On behalf of Lockaby PLLC | Sep 30, 2019 | Workplace Discrimination
In a recent opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, based in Chicago, Illinois, affirmed the dismissal of an employee’s retaliation and hostile work environment claims. In Smith v. Illinois Department of Transportation, the plaintiff, an...
On behalf of Lockaby PLLC | Sep 23, 2019 | Workplace Discrimination
The Supreme Court of the United States has scheduled oral argument in three cases asking whether employment discrimination on the basis of an employee’s sexual orientation and gender identity constitutes sex discrimination in violation of Title VII. In May, the 6th...
On behalf of Lockaby PLLC | Sep 17, 2019 | Workplace Discrimination
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of their race with respect to their “terms” and “conditions” of employment. David Peterson, a former employee of Linear Controls, Inc., an electrical and...
On behalf of Lockaby PLLC | Jul 11, 2019 | Workplace Discrimination
Officials for various cities in western Kentucky are debating whether local laws should protect LGBTQ employees and job applicants against discrimination based on their sexual identity or sexual orientation, according to the Messenger-Inquirer. So-called fairness...
On behalf of Lockaby PLLC | Jul 9, 2019 | EEOC, Employment Law, Workplace Discrimination
With all the speculation about philosophical differences among U.S. Supreme Court justices, they recently released an opinion in which they spoke with one voice in a unanimous ruling about an important aspect of federal anti-discrimination law. Specifically, the Court...
On behalf of Lockaby PLLC | May 13, 2019 | Workplace Discrimination
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider three cases to determine whether the federal law protecting employees from sex discrimination and sexual harassment also prohibits discrimination based on gender identity, transgender status, and sexual orientation under...
On behalf of Lockaby PLLC | Apr 30, 2019 | Workplace Discrimination
We recently blogged about pregnancy-rights legislation winding its way through the Kentucky General Assembly, the Kentucky Pregnant Workers’ Act, having then passed the Senate. As we previously discussed, the Act will require covered employers to take specific...
On behalf of Lockaby PLLC | Apr 10, 2019 | Employment Law, Workplace Discrimination
According to a recent study by AARP, more than half of workers older than 50 reported having lost their jobs involuntarily. While some unscrupulous employers may try to force out older employees to avoid paying retirement packages, others want to make honest changes...
On behalf of Lockaby PLLC | Mar 14, 2019 | Workplace Discrimination
The Kentucky Senate passed the proposed Kentucky Pregnant Workers’ Rights Act on February 22 by a vote of 25-7. The House received the bill and referred it to it Judiciary Committee, where it was posted on March 1. This bill would amend the Kentucky Civil Rights...
On behalf of Lockaby PLLC | Mar 8, 2019 | Workplace Discrimination
Pregnancy discrimination, which includes discrimination based upon breastfeeding and lactation, is prohibited by the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978. It is also arguably sex discrimination, which is prohibited by both federal and Kentucky law....
