Earlier this week, D.C.’s Mayor signed two new measures amending the D.C. Human Rights Act (“DCHRA”) to prohibit (1) discrimination against employees of religiously-affiliated educational institutions on the basis of sexual orientation; and (2) workplace bias related to reproductive health decisions.
The DCHRA includes an exemption—called the Armstrong Amendment—enacted in 1989 that permitted “any educational
D.C.’s Fair Criminal Record Screening Act of 2014 took effect on December 17. The new law prevents employers with 11 or more employees in D.C. from making any criminal inquiries on an initial employment application (i.e., “banning the box”). Once the employer has extended the applicant a conditional offer of employment, it may
This morning the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Fair Labor Standards Act did not require employers to pay employees for time spent going through a security screening and waiting in line to be screened. Justice Thomas, writing for a unanimous court, concluded that such screenings are not “integral and indispensable” to the employee’s principal
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument today in Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk. The issue is whether employees must be paid for their time going through a security screening and waiting in line to be screened. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said employees should be paid for their