On June 28th, the United States Supreme Court upheld arguably all of the substantive provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). In addition to all those in the health care and insurance industries who were waiting to know the fate of this...
Month: July 2012
Gender Identity Discrimination is Sexual Discrimination
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") recently held a transgender individual may state a case for sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in Macy v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, EEOC Appeal No....
Up In Smoke
The Indiana General Assembly has passed and Governor Daniels has signed into law Indiana's first statewide smoking ban which went into effect July 1, 2012. This new law prohibits smoking in public places, places of employment and within eight feet (8') of any public...
Social Media Communications May Constitute Protected Activity
Section 8(a) of The National Labor Relations Act prohibits employers from interfering with rights conferred upon non-supervisory employees by Section 7 of the Act, which states: Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor...