Posts Tagged ‘Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964’
LGBT Rights Decision: What it Means and What to Do
It was a momentous and watershed moment in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States when the opinion was announced on June 15, 2020 that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBT employees from sex-based discrimination. Each of the three cases combined for adjudication in Bostock v. Clayton…
Read MoreHow Some States and Localities Are Expanding the Definition of “Protected Class”
The definition of “protected class”—groups of people that share a common, legally protected characteristic—is in a state of expansion. New state laws and municipal ordinances provide insight into how we may see “protected classes” continue to develop. The question of who falls into a protected class (sometimes referred to as “protected group”) is determined by…
Read MoreTime to Take Payroll Snapshots for EEO-1 Reporting
In late 2017, the reporting deadline for providing the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) with annual EEO-1 data changed from September 30, 2017, to a new deadline of March 31, 2018. The EEO-1 report for 2018 payroll data is due on March 31, 2019. Now is the time to decide which pay period within…
Read MoreFederal Court Ruling Extends Title VII Protections to Gay and Transgender Employees
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has struck a noteworthy win for its anti-discrimination efforts in the workplace on behalf of gay and transgender individuals. In a case that was initially filed with U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in March 2016, a federal judge directed a Pittsburgh-area medical clinic to…
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