Two executive orders were signed by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolfe last week which aim to protect state employees and contractors with commonwealth agencies from LGBT discrimination. In the wake of the controversial anti-LGBT laws that have recently been passed in other states, Gov. Wolfe is sending a strong message that...
There is a class action case pending in the Federal Southern District of New York alleging the popular family bar and restaurant, Dave and Buster’s, discriminated against its employees by cutting work hours to avoid providing those employees with health insurance. The case has not reached trial and there has...
A recent study conducted by the University of Texas at Austin, indicates that sexism could negatively affect men who are seeking full time employment after working part time. Researchers created hypothetical resumes which were identical, except for the sex of the applicant and the tenure of their most recent employment....
Efforts by WHYY Inc. to obtain dismissal of allegations that claim it violated various state and federal labor laws were unsuccessful February 1, 2016 when a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled that the case should move forward. The plaintiff – a former Manager of Corporate Sponsorships and Manager of Corporate Affairs...
According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), complaints of disability discrimination in the workplace rose by six percent from 2014 to 2015, a record high after two years of declines in the number of related claims. In 2015, over 6000 disability discrimination complaints were resolved favorably for claimants,...
In 2015, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) determined that sexual orientation discrimination is a form of gender discrimination, and it violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Now the EEOC has filed two landmark lawsuits that will test its interpretation of the statute. The lawsuits have been filed...