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title: Seventh Circuit Reverses Decision that Title VII Doesn’t Protect Against Anti-Gay Discrimination and Agrees to Re-hear Employment Discrimination Case
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# Seventh Circuit Reverses Decision that Title VII Doesn’t Protect Against Anti-Gay Discrimination and Agrees to Re-hear Employment Discrimination Case

  October 11, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Seventh Circuit reversed and vacated the panel decision holding that Title VII does not protect employees from anti-gay discrimination and will re-hear the case, *Hively v. Tech Community College,* *en banc*. Kimberly Hively claims that her former employer, Ivy Tech Community College, violated Title VII when she was denied full-time employment and promotions and eventually terminated based on her sexual orientation. [We previously reported on this case](http://www.labordaysblog.com/2016/08/what-the-seventh-circuits-recent-title-vii-ruling-means-for-sexual-orientation-discrimination-in-the-workplace/) and its implications for the rapidly-changing legal landscape on LGBT workplace protections. With today’s decision by the Seventh Circuit to rehear the case *en banc*, the status of sexual orientation discrimination under Title VII remains uncertain. We will continue to monitor this case for its impact on employers going forward.

 

 

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