Since we last reported on the 2012 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) decision in Macy v. Holder,[1] the federal government has continued to extend protection under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) to transgender employees. In July 2014, President Obama issued Executive Order 13672, prohibiting federal contractors
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Forever 21 May Pursue Employment Claim in Arbitration
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Last month, the California Court of Appeal ruled that a former employee of Forever 21 must try her claims against the retailer in arbitration, enforcing the company’s employment arbitration policy and reversing a lower court decision finding the agreement unconscionable under California law. The plaintiff, Maribel Baltazar, alleged that she had been…