SCOTUS wraps it up: Four lessons for employers
"Reverse discrimination," ADA, religion, and nationwide injunctions. The 2024-25 term of the U.S. Supreme Court is over. Two decisions at the end of the term directly addressed employment law issues, and two others will have an indirect impact on employers. Here is what you need to know: No. 1: Expect more “reverse discrimination” claims. In Ames v. Ohio Dep’t of Youth Services , a straight woman alleged that she was passed over for a promotion and then demoted , in both cases because she was not gay. Colin Finnegan of our Kansas City Office has more details about the Court’s decision here . Before the SCOTUS decision was issued, a number of circuits were requiring plaintiffs in Title VII “reverse discrimination” cases to prove more than plaintiffs in “traditional discrimination” cases. Specifically, the “reverse discrimination” plaintiff had to show, in addition to the usual, that there were background circumstances indicating that the defendant was the “unusual emplo...