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LGBTQ Protections and Best Practices Under Title VII

Kollman & Saucier

01/11/2018

Employment Discrimination, Gender Identity, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Orientation

We are pleased to announce that Darrell VanDeusen and Alex Berg's recent article on "LGBTQ Protections and Best Practices under Title VII" has been published on Lexis Practice Advisor and Law360 (subscriptions required). A copy of the article, which is intended primarily to inform employers about the current state of the law across federal appellate courts and to provide practical pointers to businesses who face LGBTQ issues in the workplace, can be...

Kollman & Saucier

08/11/2017

Employment Discrimination, Gender Identity, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Orientation

Much like Star Wars fans anticipate the rolling out of Episode after Episode, I have observed the developing landscape of Title VII sex discrimination with the sort of excitement that ordinarily warrants a big tub of popcorn. The most recent activity is no exception. Two weeks ago, we reported on the Department of Justice’s statement that sexual orientation is not – nor should be – a protected category under Title VII. Last week, the...

Darrell VanDeusen

07/05/2017

Sex Discrimination

Last Sunday’s print New York Times’ article by Claire Cain Miller titled “When Job Puts Sexes Together, Workers Cringe” (found online as “It’s Not Just Mike Pence. Americans Are Wary of Being Alone With the Opposite Sex,” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/upshot/members-of-the-opposite-sex-at-work-gender-study.html), reminded me of a scene from When Harry Met Sally. No, not THAT scene. This scene: Harry: You realize, of course,...

Kollman & Saucier

08/22/2016

Agency Activity, Employment Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Orientation

On August 18, 2016, a federal district court ruled that a Michigan funeral home did not violate Title VII by firing a transgender employee, who was transitioning from male to female, because the employee intended to “dress as a woman” at work. EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Funeral Homes, Inc., E.D. Mich., No. 14-13710, 8/18/16 The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled the funeral home was entitled to a religious exemption...

Kollman & Saucier

07/29/2016

Employment Discrimination, Sex Discrimination

This week, a male laboratory technologist filed a lawsuit under Title VII alleging he was denied a promotion and wrongfully terminated for inadvertent HIPAA violations, because of his sex. Harrell lists the following as evidence of sex discrimination: He applied for a clinical supervisor position, which was ultimate given to a female (less qualified, claims Harrell). Female employees were permitted more travel to off-site locations. As for his...

Kollman & Saucier

06/08/2016

Employment Discrimination, Joint Employer, Legislative Developments, Sex Discrimination, State Law

On May 19, Governor Hogan signed into law the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act of 2016. The law, which takes effect on October 1, 2016, amends the state’s existing wage discrimination law in several significant ways. Changes that Protect Employees There are several notable changes in the amendment that give broader protections to employees, including: Prohibiting pay discrimination because of gender identity. LGBT employees are now explicitly...

Darrell VanDeusen

04/21/2016

Employment Discrimination, Sex Discrimination

How can you get experience for a job if you can’t get a job to get you the experience? That was at least a part the problem for Sue Ann Easterling, according to a federal court judge in Louisiana last week. Easterling applied for a job as a high school head football coach in Tensas Parish. When she was not selected for the job she sued the School Board, alleging sex discrimination and retaliation because she was perceived as a litigious...

Kollman & Saucier

01/19/2016

Employment Discrimination, Sex Discrimination

As an avid Crossfitter, I just could not resist titling this blog post this way. Jay Bauer, however, may not love the title. Mr. Bauer was a male special agent trainee for the FBI who failed a physical fitness test (specifically the 30 push up requirement for men). In Bauer v. Lynch, No. 14-2323 (4th Cir. Jan. 11, 2016), he challenged that differing standards for male and female trainees (14 push-ups required for women) violates Title VII of...

Kollman & Saucier

10/23/2015

Agency Activity, Employment Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Orientation

David Baldwin, a Supervisory Air Traffic Control Specialist at Miami International Airport, filed a federal lawsuit because he was denied a promotion to a permanent position as a Front Line Manager. The lawsuit filed under Title VII alleges that Baldwin was discriminated against because of his sexual orientation. While many state laws explicitly provide that sexual orientation cannot be the basis of an employment action, Title VII does not...

Kollman & Saucier

04/01/2015

Gender Identity, Sex Discrimination

On March 30, 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint alleging that Southern Oklahoma State University (“University”) subjected Dr. Rachel Tudor, a professor who is transgender, to unlawful sex discrimination in violation of Title VII. The University denies the allegations. Dr. Tudor is a male-to-female transgender professor who worked as a tenure track Assistant Professor in the University’s English Department beginning in...

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LGBTQ Protections and Best Practices Under Title VII

The Saga Continues for Title VII and Transgender Identity

It’s That Scene from When Harry Met Sally…

Court Rules Against EEOC On Transgender Discrimination Claim

Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" Now A Reason For A Sex Discrimination Claim, Ironically

Maryland Significantly Changes Pay Discrimination Law with Equal Pay for Equal Work Act of 2016

Lack of Experience Sinks Case for Wanna-Be Female Football Coach

How Many Push-Ups Can You Do?

Sexual Orientation Discrimination Covered By Title VII?

Transgender Discrimination? He Said, She Said...

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