Under two US Supreme Court cases [ii] , it was held that even if an employee was the subject of harassment, if no adverse employment action was taken (such as firing or demoting), and the employer was taking reasonable care to prevent the harassment, if the employee did not take advantage of opportunities offered by the employer that was an affirmative defense against the claim of discrimination
” [2] According to the complaint, the plaintiffs all used Facebook when searching for housing and employment in the past year and they claim that a button in Facebook’s ad tool labeled “exclude people” can be used to publish discriminatory ads in violation of the Fair Housing Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
The concept is called "self-help discovery," and it may be the next hot issue in employment law. http://www.mrllp.com/blog-help-yourself-mass-court-approves-employee-s-self-help-discovery-in-discrimination-case
This issue contains an article regarding legal and life lessons learned from a seasoned Principal Court Attorney, section liaison reports from the Labor and Employment Law and International Sections, and much more!
The issue can be viewed at Electronically In Touch .This issue consists of informative articles regarding employment law trends in 2018, the importance of delegation and its impact on a successful practice, and highlights of the Young Lawyers Section's first Advanced Trial Academy from a participant's perspective, amongst other things.
The September 2016 Issue of Electronically In Touch is Available at http://nysbar.com/blogs/eit/ This issue contains Part I of a Three Part Op-Ed by a current member of the New York City Police Department on policing, an informative article on purchasing a new home, and an article on the New York Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, as well as reports from the Criminal Justice and Labor & Employment Law Sections
As a result of this tangled web, and as Chief Judge Lippman has noted, law students who take the exam in one state, such as New York, but must move to another state for employment or other reasons, “must study for, pay for, wait for, and take multiple bar exams with uncertain results.”
- The New York Times (nytimes.com) Layoffs at the Public, New York’s Public Theater Lays Off 19 Percent of Its Staff - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Public Theater Layoffs, Off-Broadway's Public Theater Lays Off 19% of Staff, Citing Rising Costs and Falling Revenue | Playbill Jordan Roth Sells Off Theaters, Jordan Roth Sells Majority Stake in Five Jujamcyn Theaters (therealdeal.com) Why Actors Can Perform on Broadway, Why actors can perform on Broadway during SAG-AFTRA strike | EW.com Broadway Strike Averted, IATSE union reaches tentative deal to avert strike for some Broadway workers - ABC7 New York (abc7ny.com) Tragedy at Regional Theaters, Theater Commentary: When Sorrows Come – Tragedy Befalls Regional Theater Companies - The Arts Fuse Pause at Oregon Children’s Theater, Oregon Children’s Theatre announces it will pause mainstage programming for the 2023 fall season - oregonlive.com Weston Theater Uncertain, Weston Theater 'uncertain, but optimistic' about upcoming shows | Local News | benningtonbanner.com New Approach to Arts Access, Backed by research, New 42’s Russell Granet proposes a new approach to arts access (broadwaynews.com) Shubert Foundation Grants, Shubert Foundation Gives $37.9m to Dance and Theatre Nonprofits | Observer Employment Discrimination in Casting, Will NYC's New Employment Discrimination Bill Restrict Casting "In The Heights"?
[2] The court ultimately held that “student assistants who have a common-law employment relationship with their university are statutory employees under the Act
On May 5, the New York State legislature passed a bill that would amend the State Human Rights Law which prohibits discrimination in employment based on an individual’s disability (among other protected categories)
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