Mark your calendar: on October 10, 2012, at 12:20 p.m. CST, I'll be on the radio blog program Money for Lunch talking about the top five developments in labor and employment law: 1. Social media 2. Arbitration 3. Workplace investigations 4. Retaliation & whistleblowing 5. Transgender discrimination Tune in at…
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What does discrimination on the basis of "sex" mean under Title VII? When the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964, it prohibited discrimination based on a lot of really big, important categories---such as race, national origin, religion, and sex. Back then, everybody knew what sex discrimination meant—it meant discrimination…
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In 1964, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act outlawed major forms of discrimination, including discrimination based on race, national origin, religion, and sex. At the time, sex discrimination meant discrimination against women. Today, however, courts are grappling with the boundaries of sex discrimination…
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