Going into our third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, courts nationwide are consistently siding with companies that impose and enforce a vaccine mandate. A wide variety of challenges have been...
Hairstyles are generally a socially acceptable means of personal expression, and for some, the decision may be dependent on maintaining a meaningful connection to their culture. Recently, hair discrimination has...
The lines between independent contractors and employees are sometimes blurred and knowing the difference could mean avoiding penalties for misclassifications. For example, classifying someone as an independent contractor when they...
As various areas of the country are implementing another set of stay at home orders due to COVID-19, and with employees in other areas traveling for the holidays, employers must...
As spring gives way to summer and states and localities have begun lifting their COVID-19-related stay at home orders, business owners around the country are reopening to a very different...
Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which makes it illegal for employers to discriminate because of sex, also...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly altered daily life in the United States. Stay-at-home orders, according to the New York Times, have now been adopted by at least 37...
The number of reported cases of COVID-19 continues to rise. Faced with the spread of the COVID-19, employers must address the impact of COVID-19 in the workplace. The focus should...
Federal circuits are at odds over who exactly is included in Title VII’s ban against discrimination on the basis of “sex” and the Supreme Court is set to settle the...
Grooming policies are common in the workplace and employers assert they are necessary to maintain a professional working environment. Within the last decade, however, grooming policies, namely provisions banning certain...