Post-Apocalypse (Well, Post-Vacation, Anyway) Employment Law Roundup
Happy new year, everybody! Although I've been on vacation, the news never sleeps, and the Mayans were wrong. Accordingly, I have a few items to catch you up on....By: Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP
View ArticleFifth Circuit Holds Lactation Discrimination is Unlawful Sex Discrimination
Court of Appeals Ruling Overturns District Court's Finding, Permits EEOC's Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Against Houston Funding II LLC to Go Forward - HOUSTON--Overturning a federal trial court's...
View ArticleBreast-Pump Discrimination is Title VII Sex Based Discrimination
Recently, the Fifth Circuit held that discharging a female employee because she is lactating or expressing breast milk constitutes sex discrimination in violation of Title VII....By: Baker Donelson
View ArticleLactation and Breast-Feeding Are “Pregnancy Related Conditions” Protected...
In EEOC v. Houston Funding II, Ltd., the Fifth Circuit issued a landmark decision finding that terminating a female employee because she is lactating or expressing milk is unlawful sex discrimination...
View ArticlePuerto Rico Issues Comprehensive Labor Law Reform
On January 26, 2017, Puerto Rico’s Governor, Ricardo Roselló, signed into law the Labor Transformation and Flexibility Act (the “Act”). The Act represents the first significant and comprehensive labor...
View ArticlePost-Apocalypse (Well, Post-Vacation, Anyway) Employment Law Roundup
Happy new year, everybody! Although I've been on vacation, the news never sleeps, and the Mayans were wrong. Accordingly, I have a few items to catch you up on....By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith &...
View ArticleFifth Circuit Holds Lactation Discrimination is Unlawful Sex Discrimination
Court of Appeals Ruling Overturns District Court's Finding, Permits EEOC's Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Against Houston Funding II LLC to Go Forward - HOUSTON--Overturning a federal trial court's...
View ArticleBreast-Pump Discrimination is Title VII Sex Based Discrimination
Recently, the Fifth Circuit held that discharging a female employee because she is lactating or expressing breast milk constitutes sex discrimination in violation of Title VII....By: Baker Donelson
View ArticleLactation and Breast-Feeding Are “Pregnancy Related Conditions” Protected...
In EEOC v. Houston Funding II, Ltd., the Fifth Circuit issued a landmark decision finding that terminating a female employee because she is lactating or expressing milk is unlawful sex discrimination...
View ArticlePuerto Rico Issues Comprehensive Labor Law Reform
On January 26, 2017, Puerto Rico’s Governor, Ricardo Roselló, signed into law the Labor Transformation and Flexibility Act (the “Act”). The Act represents the first significant and comprehensive labor...
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