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Although the Supreme Court was set on November 30 and December 7 to determine whether to hear three different cases related to whether Title VII's prohibition of discrimination...
Although the Supreme Court was set on November 30 and December 7
to determine whether to hear three different cases related to
whether Title VII's prohibition of discrimination on the basis
of sex protects LGBT employees, the Court announced prior to its
December 7 conference that that decision would be rescheduled, but
did. It immediately set a date. The Court just set January 4, 2019
as the date to consider whether to hear these cases. Although New
York state and local law already protection LGBT employees from
discrimination, the determination that federal law protects against
this discrimination would further underscore those laws and provide
another avenue for employees to seek remedies against this kind of
discrimination.
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