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Category: Discrimination and Harassment

In the Big Apple, Using the Wrong Pronoun Could Cost your Company $250,000

The New York City Commission on Human Rights (the “Commission”), the city agency that enforce anti-discrimination laws, recently issued guidance on discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression. See https://www1.nyc.gov/site/cchr/law/legal-guidances-gender-identity-expression.page). The New York City …

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EEOC to Collect Pay Data from Employers with 100 or More Employees

Last January, the Obama Administration proposed executive action through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the federal watchdog for employment discrimination statutes, to require certain businesses to provide information on how much their employees were …

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OSHA Recommended Transgender Employees Use Restrooms Consistent With Gender Identity – Are You, Your Employees, and Your Customers Ready to Accept This?

More and more, the issue of transgender rights is coming into the national spotlight. Employers are being presented with questions about how to lawfully accommodate transgender employees in the workplace.  To date, these questions have …

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Got A Prescription for That?: Colorado Supreme Court Says You Can Fire A Worker for Smoking Medical Marijuana

In a blow to legalized marijuana advocates but a move that is sure to please employers, the Colorado Supreme Court recently ruled that a company could lawfully fire an employee who used medical marijuana on …

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Files Its First-Ever Transgender Discrimination Lawsuits

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently initiated lawsuits against two employers for alleged transgender discrimination.  These are the agency’s first-ever lawsuits involving transgender rights.  These developments are consistent with the position the EEOC adopted …

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