BOSTOCK v. CLAYTON COUNTY BD. OF COM’RS

Gerald Bostock worked as a child advocate in the Clayton County Juvenile Court System. In 2013, he joined a gay softball league and urged players to volunteer for the county agency.  …

Engendering Exploitation: Gender Inequality in US Labor Migration Programs

A 2018 policy brief that highlights how gender bias and discrimination are deeply entrenched in the temporary labor migration programs. The reports interviews temporary women workers who describe how employers …

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DYNAMEX OPERATIONS WEST, INC., v. Superior Court

Dynamex is a nationwide same-day courier and delivery service that offers on-demand, same-day pickup and delivery services. In 2004, Dynamex converted all of its drivers from employees to independent contractors. …

ALI RAZAK v. UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

UberBLACK drivers providing limousine services in Philadelphia weren’t Uber employees for purposes of their class action seeking overtime and minimum wage, because the drivers could hire subcontractors to drive for …

What if Your Ability to Stay in This Country Depended on Your Employer?

Describes personal accounts of what happens when guestworkers try to stand up to their employers to confront labor abuse. https://www.thenation.com/article/what-if-your-ability-stay-country-depended-your-employer/

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House approves prohibiting transgender discrimination

The New Hampshire House voted in March 2018 to expand the state’s anti-discrimination law to include transgender people. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-hampshire/articles/2018-03-07/house-to-vote-on-prohibiting-transgender-discrimination

R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission et al

R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes argued that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act protected their ability to fire a transgender worker. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed, finding that  …

Litigation Risk Focuses Minds on Modern Slavery

The article discusses “the emergence of court actions using existing legal frameworks to bring abusers of human rights to justice in the courts,” particularly in the case of transnational corporations …

Danell Tomasella, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. THE HERSHEY COMPANY

The class action claim alleges that Hershey knowingly benefitted from child labor in the cocoa supply chain in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire and failed to disclose such information to consumers …

Altitude Express v. Zarda

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Title VII does cover discrimination because of sexual orientation. The case concerns a recreational parachuting company that fired one of its trainers, David Zarda, …

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