HSB Blog
Supreme Court Finds Title VII Prohibits LGBTQ Discrimination
June 16, 2020
On Monday, June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court momentously ruled that federal law designed to prevent discrimination in the workplace protects gay, lesbian and transgender employees. In Bostock v. Clayton County, the Court held that individuals who identify as LGBTQ cannot be turned away from a job based on their sexual orientation.Supreme Court to Hear Cases that Could Determine if LGBT Employees Are Protected Under Title VII
April 22, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a trio of closely watched job discrimination cases that could for the first time resolve at a national level whether lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees are entitled to the protections of Title VII.
Key Takeaways from Our 2017 Employment Law Seminars
January 23, 2018
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd recently hosted our annual Employment Law Seminars across South Carolina. These complimentary seminars educated Human Resource professionals on recent employment law updates and changes.
Dr. King’s Message Rings True Today in the Context of the LGBTQIA Community
January 16, 2018
Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote from a jail cell in Birmingham in 1963, "[t]here are two types of laws: there are just laws and there are unjust laws....How does one determine when a law is just or unjust?...Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust....An unjust law is a code that a majority inflicts on a minority that is not binding on itself."
DOMA and The Other Shoe
March 27, 2015
In 2013, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”), which defined “marriage” for purposes of federal statutes as a legal union between one man and one woman, Justice Antonin Scalia vehemently dissented on behalf of himself and 3 other Justices, opining that it is just a matter of time until the courts strike down similar state laws: