Colleen Auer’s tenure as city attorney for Minot, North Dakota, may have lasted only about a month, but it spurred not one, but three lawsuits and will definitely leave its mark on the Eighth Circuit. ...
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As an employer, how do you know when an employee’s illness or medical condition could give rise to a claim for mandatory medical leave, disability protections, or discrimination? The answer, of course, is that you...
The United States Supreme Court recently had the opportunity to resolve a split between the Appellate Circuits regarding whether federal law prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. However, the Court declined to take...
On October 24, 2017, the Missouri Court of Appeals (Western District) issued an opinion holding that sexual stereotyping can support an inference that discrimination on the basis of gender occurred in the workplace. While the...