Good luck to anyone who is trying to figure out what is going on with the Gross v. FBL Financial Services case argued in the Supreme Court yesterday. I have been doing this work for three decades and I think it’s almost impossible. The questions presented are: In a “mixed-motive” age discrimination case — where both …
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Tomorrow, March 24th, Betty Dukes and the now two million women who are members of the largest sex-discrimination class action case, Dukes v. Wal-Mart, move one step closer to victory. A panel of 11 judges of the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear Wal-Mart’s latest attempt to stop this case from moving forward …
Talk about the audacity of hope – who could have imagined that barely a week into office, President Obama would sign the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and that the Supreme Court would unanimously rule that employees who report discriminatory treatment during an internal investigation are protected from retaliation by Title VII of the Civil …
In a ceremony rich with symbolism, President Barack Obama signed into law The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act on January 29, 2009. In front of a cheering throng who applauded enthusiastically when Ledbetter was introduced, the President said, “This is a wonderful day. It is fitting that the very first bill that I sign …
Dear President-Elect Obama, Congratulations on the start of a new administration. As one of a handful of pan-Asian legal advocates in the nation focused on the civil and legal rights of Asian Pacific Americans, The Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center hopes that your administration is mindful of issues that are specific to Asian Pacific …
Letter to the President Elect — Our Workplace and Asian Pacific Americans Read More »
Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.
