U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment,
Civil Rights
Mar. 5, 2018
Federal law needs to catch up on sexual orientation discrimination
Last week, the 2nd Circuit joined the 7th Circuit in ruling that Title VII prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Ann Fromholz
Principal
The Fromholz Firm
labor & employment
177 E Colorado Blvd Ste 200
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USC Law School
Ann is a workplace investigation attorney.
Donald Zarda was a skydiving instructor who, while preparing for a tandem sky dive with a female student, told her that he was "100 percent gay." Zarda alleged that he was fired after revealing his sexual orientation to the client and that his termination amounted to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. On Feb. 26, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, came down on the correct side of history. In Zarda v. Altitude...
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