In a 6-3 decision the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an employer who terminates an employee, or otherwise discriminates against them because they are gay or transgender, is violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which protects employees from discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race, color, religion and national origin.… Read More »
SCOTUS to Decide Whether Sexual Orientation Discrimination Prohibited Under Law
Last month the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether existing federal law prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Although 22 states including Iowa have laws that forbid sexual orientation discrimination on the job, federal law does not offer the same protection. The Court is being asked to decide, once and… Read More »
Supreme Court Weighs Transgender and Sexual Orientation Discrimination
A transgender woman’s wrongful termination case is among three cases that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear to tackle the question of whether federal anti-discrimination laws, specifically Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, applies to employees based on gender identity or sexual orientation. The details of the wrongful termination case… Read More »
Iowa Sex Discrimination Lawyer
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it unlawful for employers subject to the Act to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin or other protected classes. However, for many years, the Act has been interpreted to exclude sex discrimination on the basis of someone’s sexual orientation. Earlier… Read More »