In 2020, the Supreme Court reaffirmed an earlier ruling which stated that age discrimination plaintiffs must show “but for” causation. That is not a requirement in other employment discrimination [...]
The reasonable accommodation rule is one of the bedrock principles in the Americans With Disabilities Act. Disabled individuals who are otherwise qualified for a job must, by law, be provided with the[...]
FRD, which is also known as marital status discrimination and parental status discrimination, is one of the newest additions to the job bias spectrum. In the waning days of his administration, Preside[...]
Illinois is an at-will state when it comes to employment, which means that an employee can be fired for no reason at all. However, even as an at-will state, an employee can not be fired for illegal r[...]
It is difficult to believe that gender discrimination persists in the twenty-first century, but it does. As outlined below, there are basically two forms of gender discrimination. Either one could hap[...]
As expected, the Supreme Court recently extended the Civil Rights Act’s employment discrimination prohibition to include gender identity discrimination. A number of states and municipalities already[...]