The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of “race, color, religion, sex, or national origin,” but does the ban on sex-related discrimination extend to sexual orientation? Not according to the Trump administration, which recently told a federal appeals court that this protection only applies to equal treatment of male and female workers. [More]
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Trump Administration Tells Court: Civil Rights Law Doesn’t Ban Discrimination Against LGBT Workers
By 7.27.17
Former Walmart Workers Say Company Treated Thousands Of Pregnant Employees Unfairly
By 5.15.17
A pair of former Walmart employees say the nation’s largest retailer illegally required pregnant workers around the country to perform heavy lifting and other ill-advised physical tasks.
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