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LATEST NEWS AND STORIES

  • Eleventh Circuit Takes Title IX Off the Table for Employee Private Actions

    The Eleventh Circuit recently addressed the issue of whether Title IX gives employees a private right of action for employment discrimination for the first time. The court noted that its sister circuits have split on the issue. Title IX does not expressly create a private right of action for employees. Thus, the court considered whether Congress intended to imply such a right. This circuit court concluded that it was “unlikely.” It reached this conclusion because “Title VII’s express private right of action and Title IX’s implied right of action. . .provide overlapping remedies.

  • NLRB Bans “Captive Audience” Meetings

    Employees filed an NLRB complaint about Amazon’s 2022 conduct before a successful union election on Staten Island. It was the first Amazon warehouse to unionize. The company purportedly held hundreds of mandatory meetings with workers to discourage them from voting in favor of a union. Many large employers facing potential union campaigns have held similar kinds of meetings, including Starbucks, Trader Joe’s, and REI. The NRLB ruled 3 to 1 (along party lines) that employers cannot require employees to attend meetings where employers share their perspectives on the negative aspects of worker organizing. Amazon intends to appeal the NLRB’s decision.

  • UF Basketball Coach Accused of Stalking and Rampant Sexual Harassment

    The University of Florida received a formal Title IX complaint against its head basketball coach, Todd Golden. The complaint describes sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, and stalking toward UF students. Golden did not comment directly on the UF’s Title IX investigation due to its confidentiality, but he did state that he retained a defamation attorney to assess potential claims.

  • Justice Department Sues Rocket Mortgage and Appraisers For Race Discrimination

    Francesca Cheroutes, a Black homeowner in Denver, made improvements to her six-bedroom Denver duplex in 2021. Interest rates were falling, and her neighborhood's home values were going up. She decided to refinance. Less than a year before, she had received an appraisal of $860,000. The new appraisal with the improvements came in at $640,000. Cheroutes was shocked and believed the appraisal was 25% less because of her race.

  • Retailers Afraid of DEI Backlash During Holidays

    The holiday shopping season is just about here, and retailers are trying to figure out how to make all of their customers happy. According to a CNBC article, most retailers would like to engage in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, but they believe it is better to keep those policies private. Their priority is appealing to a broad customer base, and DEI has become a hot-button issue.

  • Concerning Data Shows Young Men Are Less Educated, Working Less, and More Lonely

    The Aspen Economic Strategy Group has released social and economic data on young American men. Men aged 25 to 34 aren't taking part in the workforce like they did twenty years ago. In 2004, this age group had a 92.4 percent participation rate. That number has declined to 88.8% as of August 2024. This reduction means that over 700,000 fewer men are working.

  • CDC Study Looks At Workers Most Likely to Use Marijuana

    The Centers for Disease Control reviewed cannabis use among U.S. workers using data from 2016 to 2020. Relying on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, researchers gathered data from 128,615 individuals living in 15 states. They found significant differences in marijuana use across different industries and occupations.

  • Hallmark Channel Sued for Age Discrimination

    Former casting director Penny Perry filed a lawsuit against the Hallmark Channel for age discrimination in Los Angeles. The 79-year-old claims the channel fired her after seven years because of her age. The lawsuit alleges, “Hallmark’s happy endings are stories made for TV only.” Perry claims the vice president of programming made ageist remarks, like telling her not to cast “old people” for roles and that “our leading ladies are aging out.”

  • Full Fifth Circuit Holds First Amendment Protect Musk's Tweet

    Last year, three Fifth Circuit judges held that Elon Musk illegally threatened his workers' stock options if they participated in union organizing on Twitter. That court decision affirmed an NLRB ruling that also concluded Tesla fired an employee because he participated in union organizing in 2018. Musk appealed the decision to the full Fifth Circuit panel. In a 9-8 ruling, the Fifth Circuit overturned the earlier decision, concluding that the NLRB "exceeded its authority" when it ordered Musk to delete his tweet.

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