Tag Archives: employment discrimination
Florida & Federal Law Prohibit Discrimination or Harassment On The Basis Of Sex Stereotypes
Florida and federal law prohibit an employer from discriminating against an employee because of the employee’s sex. The prohibition of discrimination because of sex also prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee on the basis of sex stereotypes. In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins that federal law… Read More »
U.S. Supreme Court Breathes New Life Into Pregnancy Discrimination Claim
In March 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court in Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. reinstated a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against United Parcel Service (“UPS”) which the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (“Fourth Circuit”) had dismissed. At issue in Young was application of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act’s (“PDA”) mandate that employers treat a pregnant employee… Read More »
