June 25, 2021 – On June 23, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA), which would make it easier for people to win claims of age discrimination by easing the standards of proof. If also passed by the Senate and signed into law, the bill would permit…

June 15, 2020 – The Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBTQ employees from being discriminated against on the basis of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity. Writing for the majority, Justice Neil Gorsuch argued that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender…

August 20, 2018 – In order to do so, employers must investigate each and every complaint of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. And if they don’t? In the Mendoza case, the Court held that a “lack of rigorous investigation is evidence suggesting defendants did not value the discovery of the truth so much as a way to…