Effective July 1, 2018, California has new regulations that expand the definition of "national origin" and associated discriminatory acts under the Fair Employment and Housing...
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Colorado Federal Court Refuses to Dismiss Transgender Discrimination Case
On September 5, 2018, Judge R. Brooke Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, i.e., Colorado's federal trial court, ruled against A&E...
Updated! New York City and State Harassment Laws
State Of New York On April 12, 2018, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law the 2019 New York State Budget, which included a...
10th Circuit: Failure to File EEOC Claim No Bar to Lawsuit
Employers keen on managing litigation costs by relying on the requirement that an employee first file a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...
Atheist Firefighter’s Harassment Claim Proceeds
In the case of Queen v. City of Bowling Green, et al. (W.D. Ky. July 20, 2018), Jeffrey Queen, a former firefighter for the City...
Flurry of EEOC Lawsuits in August
Historically, the end of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) fiscal year (i.e., October 1 to September 30) results in a high number of lawsuits...
New Mexico Diner Sued by EEOC in Hijab Case
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit on June 19, 2018, alleging that the Blue Moon Diner violated federal law when it subjected...
Arizona: Religious Beliefs Do Not Supersede Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
We recently reported that, on June 4, 2018, in the matter of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled...
Supreme Court: Colorado Baker Denied Fair Decision-Making
On June 4, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in the matter of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018). The Court...
A Primer on Religious Discrimination
On April 26, 2018, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a press release in which it announced that it obtained a $5.1 million verdict...