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Workplace Discrimination As A Public Health Issue: The Necessity Of Title Vii Protections For Volunteers, Elizabeth R. Langton Dec 2014

Workplace Discrimination As A Public Health Issue: The Necessity Of Title Vii Protections For Volunteers, Elizabeth R. Langton

Fordham Law Review

What constitutes an employee is a recurring issue in U.S. employment law, especially with respect to volunteers. Under Title VII, an employee is defined as “an individual employed by an employer.” The U.S. Supreme Court has found that this definition is circular and explains nothing. Given the vague statutory definition of “employee,” circuit courts are split over the correct test to determine employee status for the purposes of Title VII.

Workplace discrimination is especially toxic because the majority of the adult population spends its waking hours at work. Thus far, courts have been focused on the individual nature of workplace …


Love They Neighbor: Should Religious Accommodations That Negatively Affect Coworkers' Shift Preferences Constitute And Undue Harship On The Employer Under Title Vii?, Rachel M. Birnbach Jan 2009

Love They Neighbor: Should Religious Accommodations That Negatively Affect Coworkers' Shift Preferences Constitute And Undue Harship On The Employer Under Title Vii?, Rachel M. Birnbach

Fordham Law Review

In applying Title VII, courts are often confronted with proposed religious accommodations that would negatively affect other employees and must decide whether such an accommodation amounts to an undue hardship on the employer. However, there is a conflict among circuit courts over the scope of an employer’s duty to accommodate religious employees when doing so would negatively affect coworkers’ scheduling preferences, outside the context of a collective bargaining agreement. The conflict turns on whether courts consider any negative impact on coworkers to amount to impermissible preferential treatment, or whether they require that the defendant demonstrate a more severe impact on …


Targeting Workplace Context: Title Vii As A Tool For Institutional Reform, Tristin K. Green Jan 2003

Targeting Workplace Context: Title Vii As A Tool For Institutional Reform, Tristin K. Green

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Helping Employers Help Themselves: Resolving The Conflict Between The Fair Credit Reporting Act And Title Vii, Meredith J. Fried Jan 2000

Helping Employers Help Themselves: Resolving The Conflict Between The Fair Credit Reporting Act And Title Vii, Meredith J. Fried

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Title I Dilemma: May Disabled Former Employees Sue For Discrimination Regarding Post-Employment Benefits, Jason D. Myers Jan 1999

A Title I Dilemma: May Disabled Former Employees Sue For Discrimination Regarding Post-Employment Benefits, Jason D. Myers

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Shattering The Myth: Mediating Sexual Harassment Disputes In The Workplace, Carrie A. Bond Jan 1997

Shattering The Myth: Mediating Sexual Harassment Disputes In The Workplace, Carrie A. Bond

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Beyond Sex Discrimination: A Proposal For Federal Sexual Harassment Legislation, Deborah N. Mcfarland Jan 1996

Beyond Sex Discrimination: A Proposal For Federal Sexual Harassment Legislation, Deborah N. Mcfarland

Fordham Law Review

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Denial Of Attorney's Fees For Claims Of Sexual Harassment Resolved Through Informal Dispute Resolution: A Shield For Employers, A Sword Against Women, Amy Holzman Jan 1994

Denial Of Attorney's Fees For Claims Of Sexual Harassment Resolved Through Informal Dispute Resolution: A Shield For Employers, A Sword Against Women, Amy Holzman

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow: The Application Of Title Vii To Post-Employment Retaliation, Patricia A. Moore Jan 1993

Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow: The Application Of Title Vii To Post-Employment Retaliation, Patricia A. Moore

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Fetal Protection And Uaw V. Johnson Controls, Inc.: Job Openings For Barren Women Only, Marcelo L. Riffaud Jan 1990

Fetal Protection And Uaw V. Johnson Controls, Inc.: Job Openings For Barren Women Only, Marcelo L. Riffaud

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Voluntary Affirmative Action Plans By Public Employers: The Disparity In Standards Between Title Vii And The Equal Protection Clause, Ronald W. Adelman Jan 1987

Voluntary Affirmative Action Plans By Public Employers: The Disparity In Standards Between Title Vii And The Equal Protection Clause, Ronald W. Adelman

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Business Necessity In Title Viii: Importing An Employment Discrimination Doctrine Into The Fair Housing Act, Christopher P. Mccormack Jan 1986

Business Necessity In Title Viii: Importing An Employment Discrimination Doctrine Into The Fair Housing Act, Christopher P. Mccormack

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Marternity Leave: Taking Sex Differences Into Account, Nancy E. Dowd Jan 1986

Marternity Leave: Taking Sex Differences Into Account, Nancy E. Dowd

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Beyond The Fcn Treaty: Japanese Multinationals Under Title Vii, Stacey M. Rosner Jan 1983

Beyond The Fcn Treaty: Japanese Multinationals Under Title Vii, Stacey M. Rosner

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.