By Kevin A. Fritz, Andrew R. Cockroft, and Craig B. Simonsen

Seyfarth Synopsis: Petitioner to the Supreme Court claims that the Sixth Circuit engaged in a “separate but equal” rationale when it rejected her claim that her employer discriminated against her based on race after the employer allegedly acquiesced to a Caucasian family’s request that no African American
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By Christopher W. Kelleher

Stock Image:The EEOC recently released its Proposed Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation, which is not law, but will shape how the agency investigates retaliation charges going forward.  The report, which replaces the 1998 version, offers a look into the EEOC’s expansive view of its jurisdiction.

While the EEOC emphasizes that charges of retaliation “essentially doubled” between
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