Early this week, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued a decision extending anti-discrimination protections in the workplace to gay and trans-gender employees. In a 6-3 decision written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court confirmed that federal law protecting employees from harassment or discrimination on the basis of sex extends to include both…
Read More »In response to a proposal by Governor Ralph Northam, of which we advised you last week, the Virginia legislature has approved a delay in the minimum wage increase that was scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2021. Under the amendments passed this week however, the initial increase (from the current $7.25 to $9.50…
Read More »North Carolina seems to be finding more and more hostility from all corners since it passed the controversial “bathroom bill”, more formally known as the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act (HB-2). We talked about the bill when it was signed by Governor Pat McCrory back on March 23, because it included a state pre-emption…
Read More »This is another one that will ultimately be decided by the courts . . . On the one hand, the North Carolina legislature acted quickly and decisively to safeguard the state’s economy from a patchwork of localized minimum wage mandates and employment dictates. On the other hand, the fact that they also overturned a Charlotte…
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