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legal-employment-discrimination1 year ago

"Supreme Court Facilitates Filing Workplace Discrimination Claims"

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that workers can bring employment discrimination suits over job transfers based on sex, race, religion, or national origin without having to demonstrate "significant" harm, setting a more lenient standard for such claims. The case involved Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow, a police sergeant who claimed she was transferred because she is a woman. The unanimous decision laid out a more stringent test for lower courts to use in determining whether a discrimination claim based on altered conditions of employment can proceed to trial, with some justices expressing differing opinions on the reasoning behind the ruling.

legal-employment-discrimination1 year ago

"Supreme Court Expands Workplace Discrimination Protections"

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a female police sergeant in St. Louis, making it easier for workers to pursue employment discrimination claims over job transfers. The decision clarifies that employees only need to show some harm from a forced transfer, rather than a "significant disadvantage," to prevail in court. This ruling is expected to lower the bar for employees to proceed with discrimination claims and could lead to an increase in reverse discrimination claims against workplace diversity programs. The case has been sent back to the lower courts for additional proceedings that account for the high court's ruling.

legal-employment-discrimination1 year ago

"Supreme Court Rulings Expand Workplace Discrimination Lawsuits"

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of making it easier for employees to sue employers for discrimination when they are involuntarily transferred. The decision, written by Justice Elena Kagan, supported a St. Louis police sergeant's claim of gender discrimination after being forced to transfer out of an intelligence division. The ruling clarified that an employee need not show a "materially significant" disadvantage to sue for discrimination, and the case will continue in a lower federal court. Conservative Justices Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh agreed with the outcome but questioned the court's rationale, with Alito describing the opinion as "unhelpful."