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 | 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....
On behalf of Lockaby PLLC | Feb 12, 2019 | Workplace Discrimination
It’s often reported that women earn only about 80 cents on the dollar of what men make, a figure representing a comparison of annual earnings of women versus similarly-situated men. A new study by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, however, measured women’s...
On behalf of Lockaby PLLC | Jan 16, 2019 | Workplace Discrimination
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) prohibits employers from discriminating against people who are 40 or older. The ADEA defines an employer as “a person engaged in an industry affecting commerce who has twenty or more employees for each working...
On behalf of Lockaby PLLC | Jan 11, 2019 | Workplace Discrimination
A recent case brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission contends that a woman at a group of motorcycle dealerships had to meet requirements for a promotion that men could bypass. This, the EEOC says, is illegal gender discrimination. lawsuit, which was...
On behalf of Lockaby PLLC | Nov 5, 2018 | Workplace Discrimination
Allegations of discrimination in the workplace persist, from age discrimination to racial bias. But what is required to turn an accusation into a successful lawsuit? Particularly if the plaintiff has no concrete evidence to support her claim of discriminatory...
