Labor & Employment Law: US Supreme Court & Congress

Date: 11/18/2009
Time: 12:15 P.M.
Location: The Chicago Bar Association
Presented By: CBA Labor & Employment Committee
Experience Level: Intermediate
MCLE Credit: 2.75 IL MCLE Credits

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RECENT U.S. SUPREME COURT AND CONGRESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS: How the Perceived Tug-of-War May Affect Employment Law

Congress has responded to several recent Supreme Court decisions that were perceived to scale back employee rights. After the United States Supreme Court handed down its Sutton and Toyota ADA decisions, which narrowed the scope of the ADA, Congress responded by passing the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. When the Court would not allow Lilly Ledbetter's pay discrimination claim to move forward, Congress passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, which provided for a new pay discrimination claim upon every paycheck issued. In the months following the Court's 2009 decision in Gross v. FBL Financial Services, which heightened the standard for a plaintiff to advance an age discrimination claim, the House of Representatives announced that it would hold Committee hearings to determine how the decision would effect workers. Description continued below.