The Trump administration is considering narrowly defining gender as a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth, the most drastic move yet in a governmentwide effort to roll back …
Miscarrying at Work: The Physical Toll of Pregnancy Discrimination
If you are a Verizon customer on the East Coast, odds are good that your cellphone or tablet arrived by way of a beige, windowless warehouse near Tennessee’s border with …
Court Denies Trump Administration Request to Expedite Appeal of Workforce EO Decision
A three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Thursday mostly denied a request by the Trump administration to expedite its appeal of a U.S. District Court …
Post-Epic Systems, Kentucky Supreme Court Holds That Under State Law, Employers Cannot Require Mandatory Arbitration Agreements as a Condition of Employment
Earlier this year, the United States Supreme Court held in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis that employers can require employees to agree to arbitrate disputes between them solely on an individual basis …
Human trafficking survivor describes forced labor ordeal in U.S.
Evelyn Chumbow of Cameroon says she was only nine years old when she was trafficked into forced labor in the Washington, D.C., area. Chumbow, who’s now in her mid-30s, says she …
The #MeToo effect: Sexual harassment charges with the EEOC rose for the first time in years
On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Harvey Weinstein allegations being reported, the tinder that sparked the #MeToo movement into a full-fledged fire, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …
Federal judge allows forced labor lawsuit against Tesla to continue
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California [official website] refused [opinion, PDF] Monday to dismiss two forced labor claims against Tesla [corporate website] in a lawsuit filed by two former …
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