Employment Law

With the pandemic disproportionately affecting women’s ability to maintain employment, it is time to provide greater job accommodation rights for pregnant workers across the United States. The federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act (“PDA”) is not adequate to protect...

Studies show that older women are facing increasing employment discrimination because of the combination of age and sex biases. Based largely on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent landmark ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, which clarified that Title VII prohibits...

There has been increasing conflict between employers and employees over the wearing of Black Lives Matter t-shirts, protective face masks, and other attire in the workplace. Some employees have even faced discipline, including loss of their jobs, for doing so. A class...

Year after year, various studies report that women earn about 80 percent of what men earn on average. The gap is even greater for nonwhite women, particularly Black and Latina women. These gaps have not narrowed since the last recession and are at risk of increasing...

With businesses facing revenue losses due to the Coronavirus-induced economic decline, many employers are reducing their costs by eliminating jobs. Some are telling employees their job terminations are due to the employees’ individual job performance and are making...