Category Archives: Sexual Orientation Discrimination News
Study Finds Half of All LGBTQ Workers Face Discrimination in the Workplace
For more than twenty years, our Marion County, Florida sexual orientation discrimination attorneys have represented Florida employees who have been required to work in a hostile environment. Having spent decades fighting for the rights of Florida employees to be free from workplace discrimination in all its forms, it comes as no surprise to our… Read More »
Florida Appeals Court Allows Broad Discovery in Discrimination Case
Having represented Florida employment discrimination victims for more than two decades, our Marion County, Florida disability discrimination attorneys know that employers will do everything in their power to hide the true reason for an employee’s termination when the truth would subject them to liability. The federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §… Read More »
Pregnant Worker Wrongfully Fired After Denied Same Leave As Non-Pregnant Workers EEOC Lawsuit Asserts
For more than twenty years, our Ocala, Florida wrongful termination attorneys have fought for the rights of Florida employees who have been subjected to pregnancy discrimination. Having represented pregnancy discrimination victims for more than two decades, our Marion County, Florida wrongful termination lawyers know that employers often treat pregnant employees differently and less favorably… Read More »
Florida Human Rights Agency Affirms Commitment to LGBTQ+ Protection
Having represented Florida workplace discrimination victims for more than twenty years, our Marion County, Florida, sexual orientation discrimination victims’ lawyers have experienced the friction that can arise when state and federal governments are not in lockstep with regard to civil rights and anti-discrimination laws and priorities. In another blog post, we recently discussed President… Read More »
EEOC Unlawful Discharge Lawsuit Claiming Transgender Discrimination Settles
On December 1, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a press release announcing that it has entered into a Consent Decree settling a sex discrimination lawsuit filed against R.G. & R.G. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. (RG Harris) alleging unlawful discharge against a transgender employee. On September 25, 2014, the EEOC filed… Read More »
Florida Teen Wins Transgender Discrimination Appeal
Having represented victims of gender and sex discrimination for more than twenty years, our Marion County, Florida sex discrimination lawyers know that when a landmark Supreme Court case sets a new standard, it is important to watch how the lower courts interpret the opinion. As we previously discussed, the Supreme Court of the United… Read More »
Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling on Workplace Gender Discrimination
Having represented victims of retaliatory discharge for more than twenty years, our Marion County, Florida sex discrimination lawyers have learned that landmark, national changes for the better are rare, and they should be celebrated when they happen. The Supreme Court of the United States just issued an opinion officially extending the federal anti-discrimination workplace… Read More »
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Arguments On LGBTQ Discrimination in the Workplace
On October 8, 2019, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in three landmark cases concerning the application of federal anti-discrimination law to sexual orientation. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on an employee’s race, color, religion, national origin, or sex. The cases… Read More »
U.S. House Passes Expansive LGBT Protection Bill
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) makes it illegal for any employer to discriminate against any employee in terms of hiring, promotion, compensation, or other terms or conditions of employment based on their sex or gender. Many states around the country expanded these protections to explicitly prohibit discrimination based… Read More »
