Employment Discrimination Report Index-Summary

GENDER DISCRIMINATION

See SEX DISCRIMINATION
– Sexual harassment

GENDER VARIANCE DISCRIMINATION

– Employment Non-Discrimination Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3017, S 1584

– Hiring, postoperative transsexual's denial not proven as “because of sex” (D.N.H.), 34:193
– Sex stereotyping, transgendered workers

– – Court security officer may sue for stereotyping not bias or disability (D. Colo.), 35:116
– – Ga. state worker entitled to relief (N.D. Ga.), 35:225

– State and local laws

– – Fla., bias ban request by human rights group, 35:666
– – Houston, Tex. ordinance banning bias in employment, contracts, and services, 34:453
– – NY executive order banning bias in state agencies' employment, 34:17

– USAJOBS website, bias ban for federal employment, 34:88

GENETIC DISCRIMINATION

– GINA

See GENETIC INFORMATION NONDISCRIMINATION ACT (GINA)

GENETIC INFORMATION NONDISCRIMINATION ACT (GINA)

– EEOC final rule expected, regulatory agenda, 34:501; issued, 35:553
– Health risk assessments, interim rule restrictions, Web insights, 34:141
– Wellness programs, compliance with anti-bias laws, Congressional Research Serv. report, 35:303

GEORGIA

– Atlanta, racial bias, denial of qualified immunity for chief in promotion suit (11th Cir.), 35:134
– Columbus, retaliation, pre-Burlington rule applied to past incidents, reversal of qualified immunity for police officers (11th Cir.), 34:412
– Corrections Dep't, racial bias and retaliation, overtime violations by probation officer (11th Cir.), 34:562
– DeKalb County, reverse racial bias and retaliation, Parks Dep't workers win (N.D. Ga.), 34:454
– Dougherty County Sch. Sys., racial and sex bias, and retaliation, no bias in promotion denials, defendants unaware of complaints (11th Cir.), 34:742
– Legal malpractice, frivolous appeal, after-acquired evidence of felony not relevant to mishandling of bias suit (Ga. Ct. App.), 34:337
– Legislative Counsel Office of Gen. Assembly, sex bias, sex stereotyping, transsexual worker entitled to relief (N.D. Ga.), 35:225
– Perry, racial bias and retaliation, firefighter did not show protected activity (11th Cir.), 35:363
– Racial bias, fired medical worker could not show at-will doctrine exception (11th Cir.), 35:421
– Savannah, sex bias and retaliation, firing of female firefighter /model for posting of photos and rulebreaking (11th Cir.), 34:234

GERA

See GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE RIGHTS ACT (GERA)

GINA

See GENETIC INFORMATION NONDISCRIMINATION ACT (GINA)

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE RIGHTS ACT (GERA)

– Sex bias and retaliation, immunity for governor's aides nullified by Act (U.S., rev den), 34:66

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

– Federal

See FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

– Firefighters

See FIREFIGHTERS

– GERA

See GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE RIGHTS ACT (GERA)

– Law enforcement employees

See LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEES

GRANTS

– Disabled individuals, hiring initiatives, DOL awards, 35:151; more funding offered, 35:209; awards to 9 states, 35:387
– Retaliation and defamation, researcher's claims over grants reinstated and defamation countersuit award (6th Cir.), 34:178; (U.S., rev den), 35:411

GREEN JOBS

– Affirmative action, conference discussion on boosting representation of women, 35:302

GRIEVANCES

– Retaliation

– – Protected activity

– – – Firefighter's assistance in grievance over T-shirt not protected (11th Cir.), 35:363
– – – Pilot instructors grieved seniority list omission and later RIFed (N.D. Tex.), 34:728
– – – USPS letter carrier's protected activity 11 months after grievance (3d Cir.), 34:38

– – Res judicata, no defense for superintendents not in privity with Corrs. Dep't in grievance procedure (4th Cir.), 35:602

– Sexual harassment, Verizon worker's claims against union over failure to pursue grievance for graffiti (S.D.N.Y.), 34:431