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Number 2: In 1972, The Law Expands and the EEOC Enters Litigation as a Party Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 obviously broke new ground but advocates…

Number 1:  Title VII Is Constitutional In 1926, James “Ollie” McClung opened a barbecue restaurant in Birmingham, Alabama.   It’s hard to imagine that Ollie could have had any idea how…

At Hirschfeld Kraemer, we are going to be marking the 50 year anniversary of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act with a daily series of blog posts called 50 for 50:…

In EEOC v. Mach Mining LLC, the Seventh Circuit answered this question in the negative.  Finding that the EEOC’s failure to adequately conciliate was not a valid defense as courts do…

In a year filled with controversy, the EEOC outdid itself when it charged two employers with discrimination based on their use of routine criminal background checks.  But now after some…

Today, the U.S. Senate is expected to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), a bill which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, but the bill is not expected…

Earlier this year, in Harris v. City of Santa Monica, the California Supreme Court gave employers an unexpected win when it approved of the “mixed motive” theory of proof. As a…

A recent survey by the Pew Research Center reports that 58% of Americans say that religion is very important in their lives and 76% of Americans say that prayer is…

In any shutdown of the federal government, the media is quick to report on whether federal employees are “essential” or “non-essential.”  Make whatever joke you want, but most federal employees…

Employee wellness plans have been in the spotlight lately.  This is because new wellness plan rules published in the Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act (informally called Obamacare) are…