Mary J. Mullarkey, the first female chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court and its longest-serving, has died at age 77.
Many of her former law clerks on Wednesday spoke of how the Chief, as they called her, was beloved and humble, even as she led the state s judicial system and held the power to shape the law through her written opinions in scores of cases. She never lost sight of the humanity of the participants. These weren t just litigants. They weren t just defendants. These were human beings, said Eileen Kiernan-Johnson, who worked for Mullarkey for eight years. There wasn t such a thing as a small case for her.
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7th Circ. Sides With Walmart In EEOC Religious Bias Suit
Law360 (March 31, 2021, 8:02 PM EDT) Walmart satisfied its obligations to try to accommodate a prospective worker who said his religious beliefs prevented him from working on Fridays and Saturdays, a split Seventh Circuit panel held Wednesday, declining to revive the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission s religious bias case.
Two out of a three-judge panel affirmed the toss of the EEOC s suit, backing a Wisconsin district court s decision that Walmart had fulfilled its duty under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act when it offered prospective assistant manager Edward Hedican the opportunity to apply for an alternative hourly management position.
Discussion of LGBTQ protections on April 12 Hilliard City Council agenda
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Hilliard City Council will continue discussion about how to advance legislation to protect members of the LGBTQ community from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations.
That discussion will continue at council’s committee-of-the-whole meeting, scheduled at 6 p.m. April 12 at the Hilliard Municipal Building, 3800 Municipal Way.
It will be the third one-hour session for discussing the proposed legislation, following meetings March 8 and March 22.
In its current incarnation, the ordinance would add marital and family status as protected classes concerning employment discrimination and it would include marital status, gender identity and sexual orientation concerning discrimination in housing and public accommodations, council President Pete Marsh said.
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Senior Living Home Discharged Employee Due to Her Disability, Federal Agency Alleges
SYLVANIA, OH Charter Senior Living, LLC, which operates living communities for seniors, has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for discharging an employee because she has nerve damage. The employee worked at Charter Senior Living Oak Openings in Sylvania, Ohio, where there are approximately 60 employees.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Charter Senior Living violated the ADA by removing one of its caregivers from the schedule because she has nerve damage in her right hand. The company sent her for a second physical when it learned she had nerve damage. The medical examiner completing the assessment concluded the employee met the physical standards of the examination, but declined to pass the employee unconditionally due to her nerve damage. Charter Senior Living refused to let the caregiver return to work without evaluating how her nerve damage impacted her ability to c