Rap Music in the Workplace – can it create a hostile work environment?
Excerpted from a Shawe Rosenthal LLP Blog by Evan Conder Is the playing specific rap music in the workplace discriminatory on the basis of sex if it offends women? A former Tesla employee has asked the U.S. District Court for Nevada to answer “yes” to that question after filing suit against her former employer alleging […]
U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe: What this decision means for employers
Excerpted from a Jackson Lewis PC Blog by Patricia Anderson Pryor, Joy Napier-Joyce, Melissa Ostrower and Tasos Paindiris As many expected based on the draft leaked months ago, the U.S. Supreme Court has held the U.S. Constitution does not protect the right to obtain an abortion, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, No. 19-1392 (June […]
Women Are Losing More Jobs in Coronavirus Shutdowns
Excerpted from NRP by Scott Horsley The coronavirus has dealt a body blow to U.S. workers. So far, it’s women who are paying much of the price. The Labor Department says more than 700,000 jobs were eliminated in the first wave of pandemic layoffs last month. Nearly 60% of those jobs were held by women. […]