discrimination law

Iowa sued on charge of subconscious bias

Walter Olson
March 19, 2012 17:50

Class action lawyers are suing the government of Iowa on an theory that “subconscious” bias resulted in employment discrimination against black employees and job-seekers. “The plaintiffs — up to 6,000 African-Americans passed over for state jobs and promotions dating back to 2003...

EEOC vs. the ministerial exception

Walter Olson
October 06, 2011 13:29

Argued yesterday before the Supreme Court, the case of Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC pits the quasi-religion of employment discrimination law against organized religion of every other sort. Guess which side the Obama administration comes down on? I explain in a new...

FREE Webinar October 27

Mark Toth
October 04, 2011 13:22

Click here to sign up for my Halloween-themed October 27 webinar, entitled Answers to the World’s Scariest Employment Law Questions. When you sign up, please take our pre-webinar survey. The data gathered will help ensure that we address the issues you really want to hear about. A huge THANKS...

Banning discrimination against the unemployed?

Walter Olson
September 30, 2011 19:10

I joined the host on Connecticut’s WTIC Thursday morning to discuss President Obama’s proposed ban on employer discrimination against unemployed job applicants: For more on this bad proposal, check out Charles Lane, Washington Post (”really bad idea that will probably destroy...

September 9 roundup

Walter Olson
September 09, 2011 15:29

Not a parody: economics professor sets off debate on “ugly rights” with suggestion of making unattractiveness of appearance a protected discrimination-law category [Daniel Hamermesh/NYT, PoL, Eric Crampton, Jon Hyman] Apparently Niall Ferguson needn’t worry [Telegraph] Feds sue...