As of January 12, 2021, Palm Beach County’s equal employment ordinance has been amended to cover smaller businesses. Companies in Palm Beach County with between 5 and 14 employees (Federal
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Title VII
Don’t Fall Victim to a Curse – Uncommon Religions Are Covered by Title VII
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How do you respond when someone tells you they practice voodoo? How about Santeria or Rastafari? Do you laugh or scoff in response, do you start singing Sublime?? Here…
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Transgender Mechanic’s Discrimination Claims Survive in the Eleventh Circuit
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As a follow up to my earlier posts here, here and here, Title VII is now, quite regularly, being interpreted to protect transgender employees under its gender identity…
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Three in a Row – the EEOC Has Just Filed a Third Lawsuit Directed to Discrimination of a Transgender Employee
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Following up on my earlier posts here and here, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has just filed a third lawsuit in which it charged an employer with sex…
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EEOC Title VII Discrimination Enforcement: Transitioning to Protect the Transgender Employee
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April showers bring May flowers, but recently April has brought a flurry of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) discrimination enforcement directed to the protection of transgender employees under Title VII…
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Gender Based Hiring – Do Three Posts Equal a Trend?
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In July, I posted about the perils of gender based hiring. I pointed out that a company can “discriminate” based on protected characteristics (except race), when that characteristic is what…
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