The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released statistics about charges of employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation filed with the agency in 2019. Retaliation was the most common charge, both nationally and here in Kentucky. The...
EEOC announces settlement in pregnancy discrimination case
In Kentucky, employers with at least 15 employees may not discriminate in any term or condition of employment based on pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, according to applicable federal and state civil rights laws. Pregnant workers also have legal...
In Title VII race discrimination case, Seventh Circuit provides helpful guidance to employers
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...
US Supreme Court arguments in trio of LGBT discrimination cases
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...
Black worker asks U.S. Supreme Court to decide scope of Title VII
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...
LGBTQ employment discrimination ordinances are caught in a legal lurch
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...
Filing discrimination claim with EEOC held not jurisdictional
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...
