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Employee can’t sue for anti-immigrant bias 

Published: May 23, 2012

Tags: employment discrimination, Title VII

Federal employment discrimination law does not provide a remedy for a bank employee who claims she was fired because of her marriage to a Mexican citizen who had entered the U.S. illegally, the 7th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.

EEOC transgender ruling could allow gay bias claims 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 8, 2012

Tags: employment discrimination, gender bias, sexual orientation, Title VII, transgender bias

WASHINGTON – The recent ruling from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission holding that transgendered workers can bring employment bias claims under Title VII is a “game changer” in employment discrimination law, and could lead to claims under the Act based on sexual orientation.

EEOC issues guidance on worker background checks 

Published: May 1, 2012

Tags: criminal background checks, EEOC, employment discrimination, Title VII

WASHINGTON – The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued updated guidance on employers’ use of criminal background checks in making employment decisions.

Old statute used to challenge employment screening 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: February 24, 2012

Tags: class action, credit screening, employment discrimination, Fair Credit Reporting Act, FCRA

There’s been an uptick in class actions over employment screening practices that use consumer reports as grounds for making decisions about job applicants or employees.

The weapon of choice for lawyers who represent employees is a statute that has been around for years but is just beginning to be used in the employment context.

EEOC sees record number of private sector bias charges 

Published: January 26, 2012

Tags: EEOC, employment discrimination

WASHINGTON – Fueled in part by an increase in age and disability discrimination claims, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received a record-high 99,947 charges of employment discrimination in fiscal 2011, the agency announced this week.

Court considers jurisdiction for MSPB appeals 

Published: January 18, 2012

Tags: appeal, employment discrimination, jurisdiction, Merit Systems Protection Board, Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the Federal Circuit or district courts have jurisdiction to hear the appeal of a Merit Systems Protection Board decision that contains disputed termination and unlawful discrimination claims.

Ministerial exception case could have ‘explosive’ impact 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 17, 2012

Tags: employment discrimination, First Amendment, ministerial exception, religious organizations, sex abuse, Supreme Court

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that the First Amendment’s ministerial exception bars job-bias suits against religion-based employers will likely have an impact far beyond discrimination claims.

The affirmative defense could be invoked in other cases, including those alleging sexual abuse by members of the clergy.

EMPLOYMENT LAW 

Published: January 13, 2012

Tags: appeal, employment discrimination, jurisdiction, Merit Systems Protection Board, Supreme Court

Does the Federal Circuit or district courts have jurisdiction to hear the appeal of a Merit Systems Protection Board decision that contains both disputed termination and unlawful discrimination claims?

See “Court considers jurisdiction for MSPB appeals”

Kloeckner v. Solis, No. 11-184.Certiorari granted:  Jan. 13, 2012. Ruling
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Separation agreement inadmissible in Title VII case 

Published: December 30, 2011

Tags: employment discrimination, Title VII

A gender discrimination plaintiff should not have been allowed to introduce evidence of a proposed separation agreement in order to prove her employer’s liability, the 8th Circuit has ruled in reversing a $709,000 judgment.

EEOC cuts charge inventory for first time in nine years 

Published: November 18, 2011

Tags: administrative enforcement, EEOC, employment discrimination

WASHINGTON – In the same year that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received the largest number new discrimination charges in its 46-year history, the agency also reduced its current charge backlog by 10 percent – the first such reduction in almost a decade.