Insights

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York has recently eased the burden to be met by an employee claiming a discriminatory failure to promote. Mauro v. Southern New England Telecommunications, Inc., 2000...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (the “ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. prohibits discrimination in the hiring, advancement or discharge of a “qualified individual with a disability.” A...

The California Labor Code gives the Labor Commissioner the authority to enforce a number of provisions of state labor and employment law, primarily involving wage and hour questions. Effective January 1, 2000, the Labor Code...

In conducting reductions in force, employers commonly select for termination employees whose salaries appear to be disproportionately higher than those of similarly-situated co-workers. A 1997 California court of appeal...

In a pair of decisions announced on June 22, 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that, in determining whether an individual is “disabled” under the Americans With Disabilities Act (the “ADA”), the...

On June 18, 1999, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued guidance setting forth standards of liability for employers for unlawful harassment by supervisors under Title VII of the Civil Rights...

In a pair of decisions announced on June 22, 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that, in determining whether an individual is “disabled” under the Americans With Disabilities Act (the “ADA”), the...

On Friday, June 26, 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions which provide important guidance to employers in the area of sexual harassment. These two decisions, Faragher v. City of Boca Raton and Burlington...

The United States Supreme Court, in a case named Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc., recently ruled that the federal law prohibiting sexual harassment applies to situations where a harasser and a harassed employee...

In the September 1994 issue of this Newsletter, we reported that the federal courts are in disagreement over whether supervisors may be held personally liable for violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other...