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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...
Severance Agreements: Are They Working For or Against You?
We at Employers Council regularly get requests from members to review or prepare severance and release agreements when the member company finds itself in the...
Check your Background Check Process
A recent lawsuit regarding how and when employers inquire about an individual’s criminal history during the application process helps to start a conversation about how...
Dealing with Unconscious Bias
Unconscious or implicit bias can be a difficult concept. After all, how do we address biases in our employees of which they may not even...
Order Up: Racial Discrimination Training for Starbucks
Starbucks Corp. will close all 8,000 U.S. company-owned stores for the afternoon of May 29, 2018, to train nearly 175,000 employees on preventing racial discrimination in...
Texas Federal Judge Sees LGBT Protections in Title VII
The past year has seen several federal appeals circuits read protections for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) workers into the text of Title VII...
Interference! Bias as a Driver in Management Decisions
Although managers intend to be consistent when evaluating employees, bias frequently creeps into decision-making. There are over 30 types of identifiable bias and they can...