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On the Supreme Court docket: Cases to watch in the ‘24–‘25 term

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear three important employment-law cases in its 2024–2025 term, which began Oct. 7 and will end in late June 2025.

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EEOC’s latest litigation stats show focus on disability discrimination, retaliation

The EEOC filed 110 lawsuits challenging unlawful employment discrimination in fiscal year 2024, placing an emphasis on what a commission statement called “emerging issues and advancing the employment rights of underserved and vulnerable workers.”

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Tolerate boss’s racist behavior, retaliation? Prepare to pay millions in damages

If you need a reason to stamp out workplace name-calling, discriminatory work assignments and retaliation, consider the massive punitive-damages award a jury recently granted to an employee who sued because of ongoing racist behavior by a supervisor. 

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Honesty: More than a virtue—an absolute necessity in litigation

When a judge or jury finds your client dishonest, they've decided your fate.

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Ensure layoffs don’t target ‘costly’ workers

Managers deciding who to let go when faced with a RIF might be tempted to consider the total cost savings represented by each worker on the layoff list. That's a lawsuit waiting to happen.

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Biased bosses: Beware ‘Cat’s Paw’ liability for discriminatory firing

Under what’s called the Cat’s Paw Theory, employers can’t defend themselves against employment discrimination claims by saying they didn’t know a supervisor was biased.

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How many more chances after last-chance agreement?

When is a last-chance agreement not a “last chance” agreement?

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Counter refusal to participate in diversity training

Recently, we have seen an increase in lawsuits from workers who believe that being forced to participate in any kind of diversity training violates their Title VII rights. Now a federal appeals court has tossed out one such case.

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Rules mean nothing if you don’t enforce them

You can have a robust set of rules designed to create a work environment free of discrimination and harassment, but if employees don’t follow the rules and supervisors don’t enforce them, they mean nothing.

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BE HEARD Act may signal big employment-law changes

With polling showing a neck-and-neck race to win the presidential election, employers should start paying attention to what the HR landscape may look like after a new president is sworn in next January.

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