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• Zimmer on the Procedural Aspects of Ricci

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 507
  Mike Zimmer (Loyola-Chicago) continues with his thought-provoking series on Ricci with this piece on its procedural aspects on the Concurring Opinions blog: Much of the buzz about Ricci v. DeStefano before it was decided was that it raised an important...
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• Textual Harassment

  
  Adjunct Law Prof Blog — Authority: 422
  Trouble Investigating Textual Harassment is an interesting Nov. 3, 2009 article from the Texas Lawyer. It is about sexual comments that may arise in text messages and the fact that some of those messages may be written after hours. What...
  9 hours ago

• Here Comes GINA

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 507
  The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) will become effective next week (Nov. 21), and Stephen Greenhouse at the New York Times has an overview. Among the changes well see soon: The most important new antidiscrimination law in two decades —...
  19 hours ago

• The Wrong Stuff: Middle District of Florida Seemingly Revives Narrow, Pre-Burlington Reading of Title VII’s Antiretaliation Provision in Action Against NASA

  
  Feminist Law Professors — Authority: 137
  You are an employee at NASA at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). In 2004, you file an informal complaint with the EEOC for discrimination and harassment, alleging that your superior sent e-mails to you and others in your department containing pictures of your face superimposed on a nude topless picture of a woman ...
  2 days ago

• Supervisor Can Face Individual Liability Under Vermont Law For Employment Discrimination

  
  Adjunct Law Prof Blog — Authority: 422
  Payne v. US Airways, Inc., __Vt.__(Sept. 29, 2009 Vermont Supreme Court) is an interesting decision. The court holds that employers agents may be held individually liable for violating Vermont Fair Employment Practices Act (VFEPA), which defines "employer" to include "any...
  2 days ago

• House committee to hold vote on ENDA

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 137
  From HRC: The Human Rights Campaign can now confirm the House Education and Labor Committee will vote on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. on legislation to end the widespread practice of employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity . The vote was noticed ...
  3 days ago

• ENDA – The Employment Non-Discrimination Act

  
  Akron Law Caf — Authority: 134
       In yesterdays post I described how there appears to broad support in favor of enacting ENDA – the law that will prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.  In this post I sketch out the provisions of the proposed federal law.      The heart of the ...
  3 days ago

• The Law is the Law

  
  IRS Tax Problem Solver Blog - IRS Help — Authority: 129
  In a stark display of the rule of law, a former IRS agent and CPA is serving 4 years in prison for what she believes to be right. Mrs. Sherry Peel Jackson firmly believes that the law never stipulates that a person has to file income tax returns so she did not do so for herself for 4 years. According to Jackson, she ...
  3 days ago

• BREAKING: Committee to hold vote on ENDA

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 157
  The Human Rights Campaign can now confirm the House Education and Labor Committee will vote on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. on legislation to end the widespread practice of employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.  The vote was noticed moments ago.The Employment ...
  4 days ago

• Increasing Support for Proposed Laws Prohibiting Employment Discrimination on Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

  
  Akron Law Caf — Authority: 134
       The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity is moving through both houses of Congress.  A similar law in Salt Lake City picked up unexpected support from the Church of Latter-Day Saints.      The ...
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• What Was Going On While Everyone Was Talking About Maine

  
  Gender & Sexuality Law Blog — Authority: 418
  Unless you were living in a cave you should be aware that a week ago Tuesday the people of Maine decided to pass on marriage rights for same-sex couples.  Commentators described it as not only “ a harsh blow to the gay marriage drive, ” but “ a major set back to gay rights ,” and “ a tremendous and ...
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• HRC statement on Mormon church and gay rights

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 157
  This decision is the result of vocal and consistent advocacy by LGBT people, their family and friends, inside and outside the LDS church. HRC statement on Mormon church and gay rights is a post from the Out Gay Life Family of Websites. Arizona: Tucson Phoenix California: Los Angeles Sacramento San ...
  5 days ago

• ADEA Complaints Decline By 7%

  
  Adjunct Law Prof Blog — Authority: 422
  In a November 6, 2009 National Law Journal article, it is reported that ADEA lawsuits filed with the EEOC were down 7%. As the article states: The EEOC said Friday that it is preparing to release statistics indicating that age...
  5 days ago

• Discharge To Prefer Your Paramour

  
  Adjunct Law Prof Blog — Authority: 422
  Alaska Employment Law Blog previewed an interesting case pending in the 9th Circuit. In the court below, a a federal jury returned a $200,000 verdict for a woman, Martha Johnson, who claimed that her supervisor had fired her in order...
  6 days ago

• Supreme Court Asks for SGs View on USERRA Cats Paw Case

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 507
  Today, the United States Supreme Court asked for the Solicitor Generals views in a veterans discrimination case under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) involving the cats paw theory of employment discrimination. Readers might remember that the...
  6 days ago

• ENDA Now "Top Priority" for Obama Administration

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 507
  Welcome news from the National Law Journal yesterday: The Obama administration renewed its push today for legislation that would prohibit employment discrimination against gays and lesbians. Thomas Perez, the U.S. Justice Departments assistant attorney general for civil rights, testified before...
  1 week ago

• Guest Commentary: Ending Employment Discrimination in America

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 157
  The following guest post: ” Ending Employment Discrimination in America: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics about America’s LGBT Families” comes from Bob Witeck, CEO, Witeck-Combs Communications, Inc., Washington, D.C. “When you say…you [gay Americans] are not a group of people who need special ...
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• Courtney Cox Films On Location For “Cougartown”

  
  Popsquire — Authority: 526
  Here’s a little glimpse of Courtney Cox fulfilling her contractual duties for one of the hottest new comedies of the season, “Cougartown.”[Bauer Griffin Online]PS: Federal law prohibits employment discrimination against people over the age of 40.  Cougars deserve jobs, too!Technorati Tags: courtney cox, ...
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• Zimmer on Gross ADEA Case and Employer Strategy

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 507
  Over on Concurring Opinions, friend of the blog Mike Zimmer (Loyola-Chicago) has an interesting commentary on the recent Gross Supreme Court decision, which deals with the shifting of burdens of proof in ADEA cases. Heres a taste: Last Term in...
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• CNN Explores Homophobia in “Black Men in the Age of Obama” Special

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 157
  On October 31, CNN with the help of Essence Magazine aired the first installment of its special, Black Men in the Age of Obama . In addition to talking about higher education, leadership and the struggles that black men in America face, the show also attempted to tackle homophobia in the black community . ...
  1 week ago

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