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Perspective

Jul. 4, 2013

High court rebukes employment commission, twice

The US high court's vicarious liability decision in June not only narrowed the definition of "supervisor," it was the second time last month that the court took issue with EEOC guidance. By Felicia R. Reid


By Felicia R. Reid


In a week of landmark rulings on same-sex marriage and voting rights, it was easy to miss a significant employment law decision issued by the U.S. Supreme Court. That is doubly true in California, where plaintiffs prefer suing under state anti-discrimination law. But in the midst of the media-grabbing opinions, in Vance v. Ball State University, 2013 DJDAR 8103 (June 24, 2013), the Supreme Court provided much-awaited guidance for employm...

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