Discrimination ~ Retaliation *Rushing v. Granholm (10th Cir., May 27, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of the defendants on Rushing’s claims for disability, national-origin, and sexual-orientation discrimination and retaliation for his filing an equal employment opportunity complaint: Rushing failed to present sufficient evidence of an adverse employment action, nor did he demonstrate pretext on […]
Discrimination~Retaliation Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia (U.S., June 15, 2020) (reversing 11th Circuit decision that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does not prohibit the termination of employees for being gay: In Title VII, Congress adopted broad language making it illegal for an employer to rely on an employee’s sex when deciding to fire […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Franken v. Bernhardt (10th Cir., February 11, 2019) (affirming dismissal of sexual-orientation discrimination and retaliation complaint by former Yellowstone Park employee: the district court was correct in holding the claims preempted by the Civil Service Reform Act) Bekkem v. Wilkie (10th Cir., February 12, 2019) (affirming summary judgment for Wilkie on Bekkem’s unequal pay […]
On Tuesday, December 6th, D. Scott Crook will be a presenter in a two-day Continuing Education event hosted by the National Business Institute entitled Advanced Employment Law: What You Need to Know. Mr. Crook will be instructing on important topics for lawyers and human resource professionals: LGBT/Sexual Orientation Discrimination: Navigating the Changing Legal Landscape, and […]
As a lawyer and a religious person, I was deeply concerned about the Supreme Court’s recent decision regarding same-sex marriage. The decision reflects attitudes and beliefs that give me great concern about the continuing protection of my right to exercise my religion. I hope to respectfully explain why I am so concerned. The Decision Affects […]
On November 10, 2009, the Salt Lake City Council passed an ordinance banning certain employers from discriminating against employees or job applicants “because of a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.” The ordinance does not give an employee a private right of action against an employer but permits a person to file a complaint with […]
Salt Lake City Mayor, Ralph Becker, has proposed that the Salt Lake City Council consider the adoption of a new ordinance that would prohibit discrimination by any Salt Lake City employer who employs more than 15 employee from discriminating against an employee because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity. The City Council […]
Salt Lake City Mayor, Ralph Becker, has declared his intention to deliver a nondiscrimination ordinance in mid-September that will recommend the adoption of an ordinance that will prohibit employers in Salt Lake City from discriminating against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of a person’s “actual or perceived [sexual] orientation” or a “person’s […]
On February 17, 2009, the Utah House Business and Labor Committee voted against recommending House Bill 267 to the House. As indicated in an earlier post, House Bill 267 proposed to include a person’s sexual orientation and gender identity as factors that could not be considered by employers in making employment decisions. Click here to […]
The Utah legislature is now considering a bill that proposes to include a person’s sexual orientation and gender identity as factors that cannot be considered by employers in making employment decisions. Besides prohibiting most employers in the state from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identify, House Bill 267, Antidiscrimination Amendments, proposes […]
