Monthly archives for March, 2017

Public Comment Period Ends For EEOC H...

March 29, 2017 Written by MarkAddington
Public Comment Period Ends For EEOC Harassment Guidance

In January, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the federal agency charged with enforcing anti-discrimination laws, issued proposed new harassment guidance seeking input from the public.  The public comment period ended March 21, 2017. One big take away from the Guidance is that it is the EEOC’s position that discrimination and harassment based on sexual […]

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Title VII Does Not Protect Sexual Ori...

March 20, 2017 Written by MarkAddington
Title VII Does Not Protect Sexual Orientation

On March 10, 2017, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (with jurisdiction in Florida, Georgia and Alabama) in a majority split decision, affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a former employee’s suit against her employer. The plaintiff alleged discrimination in violation of Title VII on the basis of her sexual orientation as a lesbian and […]

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