As expected, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act passed Congress (the House passed the Senate version 250-177 on January 27). President Obama has announced he will sign the bill into law–the very first bill he will sign–on January 29. The Act will overturn a U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the time frame for bringing pay
Supreme Court Broadens Scope of Title VII’s Anti-Retaliation Protections
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The U.S. Supreme Court issued an important decision yesterday, clarifying that employees who report discrimination in response to an employer’s internal investigation are protected by the anti-retaliation provisions of Title VII. Click here to download the case: Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville.
In Crawford, the plaintiff was interviewed as part of her employer’s investigation
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Six L&E Cases This Term
The U.S. Supreme Court opened its 2008-2009 term on October 6 with six labor and employment law cases on its docket. (For docket information and questions presented, click on the name of the case).
- Locke v. Karass: may a public employee union may charge nonmembers for representational costs for litigation expenses incurred by the international union
Supreme Court Accepts Review of AT&T Retirement Benefits Case
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether employers may be liable under Title VII for not giving female employees full credit for pregnancy leaves in calculating retirement benefits. AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen, U.S., No. 07-543.
The Ninth Circuit ruled last August that AT&T violated Title VII by calculating the female