On June 18, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a precedential opinion upholding the District Court’s denial of an injunction seeking to block a Pennsylvania school district’s policy allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with the students’ gender identity as opposed to the sex they […]

On June 6, 2018, the Office of General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a Memorandum concerning the NLRB’s review of employee handbook rules based on the December 2017 decision in The Boeing Company, 365 NLRB No. 154 (“Boeing”).  The Boeing decision adopted a new test for evaluating work rules or policies […]

Before former Governor Chris Christie left office, he signed into law a bill amending the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination to include protections for women breastfeeding. Now, the Law Against Discrimination specifically includes “breastfeeding” as a protected trait, with other traits such as race and sex.  This means that the Law Against Discrimination prohibits discrimination […]