June 09, 2023
The Ninth Circuit recently declared that blaring music with misogynistic lyrics in the workplace can support a sexual harassment claim even if both women and men were offended, a position experts said gives workers a new and potentially potent weapon to wield in other bias cases.
June 07, 2023
The Ninth Circuit breathed new life into a discrimination suit claiming an apparel manufacturer created a hostile work environment by allowing explicit rap music to be played in a Nevada warehouse, saying Wednesday the "sexually demeaning and violent language" at issue could support the case brought by former workers.
February 09, 2023
A Ninth Circuit panel grappled Thursday with whether rap music played at an apparel manufacturer's Nevada warehouse created an illegally hostile work environment for both men and women, hinting the case may have been prematurely tossed.
January 31, 2023
The Fifth Circuit will hear the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's challenge to a trial judge's decision granting religious organizations broad carveouts to workplace discrimination law, while the Ninth Circuit will consider whether playing certain rap music can create a hostile work environment. Here are six argument sessions slated for February that are worth watching.
June 16, 2022
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told the Ninth Circuit it should revive a proposed collective action alleging that rap music played at an apparel manufacturer's Nevada warehouse created a hostile work environment, saying the district court's analysis of whether the music was discriminatory was too narrow.