A bipartisan group of House lawmakers reintroduced a bill Monday that aims to lower the evidentiary bar that workers pursuing age bias cases need to clear to show they faced unlawful discrimination, a measure the lawmakers said would counteract a 2009 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
A group of unions and officials representing Wisconsin public employees have filed a new state court challenge to a 2011 law that gutted their collective bargaining rights, claiming it violates the state constitution by exempting certain state workers, like cops, but not others.
In the final month of 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case over whether lateral job transfers can qualify as unlawful discrimination, and the First Circuit will consider reviving a suit by Whole Foods workers who say they were illegally fired for wearing Black Lives Matter apparel. Here's a look at oral argument sessions that discrimination lawyers should keep an eye on in December.