Workplace Discrimination — Online Journal — Columbia Undergraduate Law Review

The Right to Safe Work: How COVID-19 Reveals Socioeconomic Gaps in Workers’ Protection Laws

As of mid-2021, the United States is struggling with a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic amid reports that the new Delta variant of the virus can infect fully vaccinated individuals. Consequently, many nonessential workers are hesitant to return to their workplaces in person. Their concerns about workplace safety during the pandemic’s resurgence call for legal scholars and policymakers to revisit the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970 (OSH Act), which requires employers to ensure that workplaces are “free of recognized harms” and entitles employees to file a complaint to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) without retaliation from their employer.

Ilana GutAugust 22, 2021OSHA, COVID-19, Vaccines, Labor Law, Employees, Employers, Workplace Safety, Workplace Discrimination, ADA

Revisiting Title VII: Supreme Court Hears Arguments on LGBTQ+ Workplace

Workplace protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity are inconsistent through the U.S., and two critical issues are now in front of the Supreme Court. Based on the Court’s past interpretations of Title VII, and on the inherent role of sex in discrimination based on sexual orientation and transgender identity, the Supreme Court should find that Title VII prohibits discrimination based on sexuality and discrimination based on transgender identities.

fall 2019Angela YeJanuary 20, 2020Supreme Court, Workplace Discrimination, LGBTQ rights, civil rights, Civil Rights Act of 1964Comment