Is Appearance Discrimination Illegal? An Employment Law Take on the Brandy Melville Documentary
Following the Brandy Melville documentary, we ask when appearance discrimination in the workplace can be illegal.
Following the Brandy Melville documentary, we ask when appearance discrimination in the workplace can be illegal.
The EEOC issues final rule on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
Image based sexual abuse includes AI generated explicit images.
We talk about protections - or lack thereof - for new employees who need maternity leave or leave to care for a baby with a serious health condition or disability.
It's winter and we're taking liability for ski accidents.
This holiday season, we talk about the legal pitfalls - both employment and personal injury - that can arise from holiday party carelessness.
Does Title VII require that a lateral transfer cause a significant disadvantage to an employee so that it can be challenged as discriminatory and violating the statute?
We recently filed what looks to be the first local EEOC charge under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. This law requires employers to grant reasonable accommodations of pregnancy and childbirth related limitations and medical conditions.
We periodically write about the potential employment consequences of social media use. Right now, we are seeing controversy with respect to posts about current events in the Middle East and employees being fired or called out for their posts. This article talks about when social media posts may and may not be protected in the workplace.
Claudia Goldin won the Nobel Prize in economics for her work studying the gender pay gap and discusses why, at this point in history, women continue to earn less than their male counterparts.
On World Mental Health Day, we are talking about workplace rights for employees who need support to deal with mental health condition or disability, including under the ADA, New York Human Rights Law, and the FMLA.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has compiled a number of statistics on how distracted driving affects people nationwide. The Administration reports that a total of 3,522 people were killed in distracted driving accidents in the year 2021. This number is out of nearly half a mil...
Know your rights: the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, accommodations during pregnancy, and pregnancy discrimination.
June is Pride Month. We are talking workplace protections for LGBTQ+ employees.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We are talking about dealing with mental health conditions at work, including leave, reasonable accommodations, and discrimination.
Fox News pays almost $800 million to settle defamation case by Dominion Voting Systems arising from false claims about the 2020 election. We talk about settlements generally, and what factors into timing, amount and more.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. We talk about legal issues in employment and personal injury, as well as resources in our community.
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