On Tuesday, the Supreme Court indicated in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru that employee discrimination claims against religious...
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LGBTQ Supreme Court Decision
In a highly anticipated decision, the Supreme Court held on Monday, in Bostock v. Clayon, that employers are prohibited from discriminating against...
Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action Plans for University Admission
On Thursday, June 23, 2016, the United States Supreme Court held that, as a way to increase diversity within the student body, the University of...
Same-Sex Marriage Legal in All 50 States
The U.S. Supreme Court was the focus of attention last Friday as same-sex couples around the nation received the case holding that they had been...
Affordable Care Act Upheld Once Again
After a battle in 2012 to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as unconstitutional, the controversial law has survived another attack. The...
Religious Discrimination No Longer Requires Knowing an Applicant’s Religion
The U.S. Supreme Court held this month that employers do not actually need to know of an applicant’s religious practices to be liable for...
Supreme Court Interprets Pregnancy Discrimination Act
Earlier today, the Supreme Court issued a decision, Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc., which will shape how pregnancy discrimination claims are...
Payment For Activities Employees Perform Before and After Work
Whether concerned about safety or theft, some employers are requiring employees to undergo mandatory security screenings both before and after work....
Privacy Rights to Cell Phone Data
In Riley v. California, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously agreed that law enforcement personnel must first obtain a warrant before they may search...
NLRB Has Hundreds of Decisions Overturned
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) investigates charges of unfair labor practices, remedies those practices where they...