The Fourth Circuit recently took a step backwards for pregnant women in the workplace when it misinterpreted the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (PDA) in Young v. UPS. Because this ruling sets us back 35 years to a pre-PDA era… Continue Reading
Employment discrimination doctrine has become so dependent upon the concept of social group membership that group consciousness is generally viewed as a defining feature of antidiscrimination law. Yet an ongoing debate exists over whether and why antidiscrimination law must or… Continue Reading
At the same time that it becomes increasingly clear that organizational change is crucial to reducing workplace discrimination, longstanding theories of systemic discrimination are under attack. In my recent article, “The Future of Systemic Disparate Treatment Law,” I expose the… Continue Reading
