

Empowering Employees: Washington State's Progressive Steps Towards Workplace Equality and Support
The Employee Free Choice Act is a noteworthy initiative that prohibits employers from coercing their employees into attending mandatory...


Ensuring Fair Treatment in the Workplace: The Case of Elyaa Hammad against Logistics Management Institute (LMI)
The case of Elyaa Hammad against the Logistics Management Institute (LMI) highlights the need for fair and inclusive treatment of all...


Washington State's New Law Mandates Employers to Disclose Salary Ranges and Compensation Details in Job Postings
As of March 30, 2022, Washington's Governor, Jay Inslee, signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 5761, which requires all employers with fifteen...


Silencing Employee Voices No More: Washington State's New Law Sets a New Standard for Workplace Transparency and Accountability
Washington State has taken a significant step in protecting the rights of employees by enacting the Silenced No More Act. This...


TITLE VII COVERS LGBTQ WORKERS
On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County holding that the protections of Title VII of the Civil...


$3.3M SETTLEMENT TO RESOLVE A DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
On May 19, 2020, the EEOC announced that FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. agreed to pay $3.3 million to resolve a disability...


CAPPING THE NUMBER OF ALLOWABLE ABSENCES? BAD IDEA!
On May 4, 2020, the EEOC released a statement that Wayne Farms agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the EEOC on behalf...


WALMART TO PAY $5.2M IN DISABILITY BIAS CASE
On October 10, 2019, a jury found that Walmart violated the ADA by refusing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a deaf and visually...


The Ministerial Exception Does Not Foreclose ADA Claims of Catholic School Teacher
On December 17, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of a...


The Second Circuit’s Analysis of the “Outside Sales” Exemption
This month, the Second Circuit vacated a district court order concluding that Time Warner’s Territory Sales Representatives (“TSRs”) who...




















