This panel along with additional speakers to be announced will discuss the recent flurry of major employment discrimination legislation, some recently passed and some still pending. Among the numerous bills to be discussed may be the following: (1) the 2008 expansion of Americans with Disabilities Act coverage; (2) the 2009 Lily Ledbetter Act liberalizing the deadlines to file pay discrimination claims; (3) the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would ban sexual orientation discrimination; (4) the Arbitration Fairness Act, which would bar mandatory arbitration of employment discrimination and other statutory claims; and (5) various bills that would broaden certain employee rights statutes’ damages (such as the proposed Paycheck Fairness Act expanding pay discrimination damages) and coverage (such as expanding Family Medical Leave Act coverage for smaller employers).
Business Meeting at Program Conclusion.