The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments regarding the question of when the filing period for a race discrimination constructive discharge claim should begin.
Ruling that the so-called "manager rule" has no place in Title VII jurisprudence, the 4th Circuit reversed an order granting summary judgment to an employer who fired their employee for assisting a worker with a sexual harassment complaint.
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected defendant Nucor's argument that Wal-mart v. Dukes shut the door on virtually all class action certifications, citing significant statistical implications that black workers were denied promotions at least partly because of their race.
Women in the workplace won a significant victory at the Supreme Court in Young v. UPS. The Court confirmed the law that pregnant women cannot be denied accommodations based on pregnancy-based ability restrictions, when the employer grants accommodations to other employees with similar restrictions.
