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In a landmark decision on April 4, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals became the first federal court of appeals in the nation to rule that sexual orientation claims are actionable...
In a landmark decision on April 4, 2017, the Seventh Circuit
Court of Appeals became the first federal court of appeals in the
nation to rule that sexual orientation claims are actionable under
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Sitting en
banc, the Seventh Circuit held that discrimination based on an
individual's sexual orientation falls within the definition of
"sex" under Title VII.
With a flurry of Title VII sexual orientation cases popping up
in federal courts across the nation in recent weeks, we can expect
that this series of dominoes will continue to fall—inevitably
bringing about a wave of change to the modern workplace in the near
future.
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