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Rev. Ernest Angley wins wage-hour case

Of course he does! If you’re a religious organization in a fight with the U.S. Department of Labor over whether your volunteers are really “employees” under the Fair Labor Standards Act, then the Reverend Ernest Angley has just done you a big favor....

Maternity leave does not guarantee continued employment

Michelle Bailey worked in the human resources department of Oakwood Healthcare. During her maternity leave, her immediate supervisor and others assumed her responsibilities, and discovered certain deficiencies in how she performed her job. Discovery of those...

Retaliation Claims: Shield, Sword, or Both?

Did you know that 48.8% of the charges of discrimination filed with the EEOC in the 2017 fiscal year alleged retaliation as a result of employees asserting claims of employment discrimination? In a distant second place were allegations of race discrimination.  In...

Is use of salary history inherently discriminatory?

One court says yes, but it’s complicated. How quickly things change. Last week, I was all mellow about the gender pay gap. Then, on Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its decision in Rizo v. Yovino, finding that salary history was not...

Employers, you can still win a transgender bias case.

Do it the old-fashioned way. Many employers are wary of taking action against a transgender applicant or employee in light of recent court decisions finding that transgender discrimination violates Title VII. Employers certainly ought to be aware of these decisions...

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