On behalf of Lockaby PLLC | Mar 26, 2020 | EEOC, Employment Law, Workplace Discrimination
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...
On behalf of Lockaby PLLC | Dec 31, 2019 | Workplace Discrimination
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...
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...
| 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...
