Month: March 2018

At the trial of an EEOC-initiated Title VII sex discrimination lawsuit, a jury awarded damages after finding that the employer had discriminated against the intervenor-plaintiff Contrice Travis when it denied her a promotion in favor of a male employee. In EEOC v. Exel, Inc., the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of the employer’s […]

On March 7, 2108, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee) granted summary judgment to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on its claim that a former employee of a funeral home was fired from her job because of her transgender status in violation of Title VII of the […]

On March 6, 2018, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor has announced that it will soon launch a new pilot program called the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program. PAID provides a framework for employers to proactively resolve potential overtime and minimum wage violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act […]