6/11/2025 7:04:56 PM Justices reject higher standard for majority-group plaintiffs asserting Title VII claims By Mariah McGrogan On Thursday, June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously vacated a Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision, which held that...
1/16/2025 8:41:42 PM U.S. Supreme Court resolves circuit split on burden of proof dispute for FLSA exemptions By Betty Graumlich John McDonald Dylan Lembo On January 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Fourth Circuit’s decision in E.M.D. Sale, Inc. v. Carrera, and ruled that the...
6/21/2024 4:10:17 PM U.S. Supreme Court agrees to resolve the split between the Circuits on the burden of proof for FLSA exemptions By Betty Graumlich Noah Oberlander Edrius Stagg The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a case on appeal from the Fourth Circuit involving the burden of proof required for an employer...
4/30/2024 8:53:33 PM EEOC issues long-awaited enforcement guidance on workplace harassment By James Holt Veronica Miclot On April 29, 2024 – for the first time in more than twenty years – the EEOC issued its long-awaited updated Enforcement Guidance on...
4/18/2024 5:12:13 PM U.S. Supreme Court clarifies standard for job transfer discrimination under Title VII By Cindy Minniti Alexandra Manfredi Corrie Buck On Wednesday April 17, 2024, the US Supreme Court in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, et al. issued a precedential ruling that...
1/14/2022 5:52:05 PM Supreme Court blocks federal vaxx-or-test rule for large employers By Mark Goldstein Emily Harbison The highest court in the land has, at long last, weighed in on the permissibility of the federal government’s November 2021...
12/22/2021 5:56:22 PM FAQs regarding OSHA’s workplace vaccine mandate By Mark Goldstein Emily Harbison James Holt John McDonald Ben Patton Saranne Weimer +3 more... Show less OSHA issued its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) in early November. A series of challenges quickly ensued, resulting in a stay of the...
6/16/2021 4:48:11 PM In first-of-its-kind decision, federal court rules that mandatory workplace COVID-19 vaccine policies are lawful By Mark Goldstein Amanda Brown Jessyka Linton As states and localities lift COVID-19 restrictions, the business community continues to grapple with the interplay between the COVID-19...
7/1/2020 4:58:37 PM Understanding the employment implications of the Supreme Court decision upholding DACA By Michael Lombardino Abby Kotun On June 18, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision allowing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to continue...
6/15/2020 8:24:21 PM Expanding the definition of sex: SCOTUS rules employers cannot discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity. By Halber Armstrong Gavin Carpenter On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, No. 17-1618 (U.S. Jun. 15,...