Title VII

Fourth Circuit Reaffirms Scope of Retaliation Protections in Title VII Opinion

In the recent opinion Strothers v. City of Laurel, Maryland, 895 F.3d 317, (4th Cir. 2018), the Fourth Circuit gave further articulation to the type of facts…

On Vaccinations, Religion and What Buddha Really Said

As flu season begins, so begin the arguments over accommodations for hospital employees whose religious (or sincerely held nontheistic) beliefs prohibit them…

Damned If You Do: Supervisors Could Be At Risk For Reporting Sexual Harassment

and Joseph E. Hjelt On June 7, 2017, Judges Traxler, Motz and Agee on the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision which could make employees think…

Section 1557 Of the ACA, Association Discrimination, and Health Insurance Coverage For an Employee’s Dependent With Gender Dysphoria

The regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) prohibit covered health insurance providers from discriminating against…

Seventh Circuit Finds That Sex Discrimination Includes Sexual Orientation

Labor & Employment Law Section Practitioners in our field have grown accustomed to seeing others’ dismay as they discover that Title VII does not bar…

EEOC Wants In On NLRB’s Fun: EEOC Focuses On Waivers, Releases and Arbitration Agreements

For the past couple of years, the nonunion employment bar has watched as the National Labor Relations Board upended the law surrounding handbooks, waivers,…

EEOC v. Catastrophe Management Solutions: Title VII Does Not Prohibit Race Discrimination Based On Mutable Characteristics

Joseph S. Murray IV In the 50 years since Congress enacted Title VII, scientists, contemporary thinkers, and society in general have reassessed the concept of…