HR Dive

Title VII at 60: A look at the landmark law’s past, present and future

HR leaders tend to be hired as partners in workforce transformations, but are most often the ones to suffer the consequences if such efforts fail, a new report said.
HR Dive

6 numbers that define Title VII

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 created major employment nondiscrimination protections and established the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Ahead of the law’s upcoming 60th ...
The National Law Review

SCOTUS: Title VII Does Not Require 'Background Circumstances' in Reverse Discrimination Cases

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Law

'Affirmative Recruiting' Under Title VII

This article highlights how, with diversity initiatives under scrutiny after 'Students for Fair Admissions', many are wondering whether diversity-conscious recruiting remains permissible under Title ...
Reuters

Religious Discrimination and Accommodation Under Title VII

An examination of religious discrimination and accommodation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including federal prohibitions on discrimination, harassment, and retaliation targeting ...
National Review

EEOC Says Title VII’s Religious-Organization Exemption Doesn’t Apply to Sex Discrimination Claims

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency tasked with preventing and remedying employment discrimination, recently filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit, arguing that ...
Reason

The Overlooked Meaning of "Undue Hardship" in Title VII

This is the second of two posts explaining my recent article, Ordinary Meaning as Last Resort: The Meaning of "Undue Hardship" in Title VII. In the first post I attempted to show that a comprehensive ...
Law

In Title VII Case, Supreme Court Wades Through Workplace Landmines

On the surface, the final U.S. Supreme Court argument of 2023 was about a female St. Louis police sergeant who claimed she was transferred from a prestigious position because of her sex. But the ...
The National Law Review

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Whether Title VII Protects Employees Contending Discriminatory Transfer

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Religious Hiring and Title VII's Religious Exemption

May a religious group legally fire a non-ministerial employee (like a secretary or janitor) for violating the group's religious beliefs about sex or marriage? As I explained yesterday, this is the ...