ACS Hosts Press Briefing on "Rubber Stamp" Employment Discrimination
On April 5, ACS hosted a national press briefing on BCI Coca- Cola Bottling Co. of Los Angeles v. EEOC, a case the Supreme Court will hear on April 18. In this case, the Court considers the circumstances in which an employer may be held liable under federal anti-discrimination laws when a supervisor, who harbors racial or other discriminatory bias toward a subordinate, influences the decision to fire that employee, though the decision is made by a more senior supervisor who harbors no such bias himself. The civil rights and business communities agree that the outcome of this case will have a significant impact on the workplace but disagree on what standard the Court should adopt. Representatives of both sides presented their perspectives. Video is available in Windows Media and Real formats and is available for each of the panelists
• Whole Program (Windows Media | Real)
• Introduction by Moderator, Helen Norton, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, University of Maryland School of Law (Windows Media | Real)
• Michael L. Foreman, Deputy Director of Legal Programs, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Windows Media | Real)
• Manesh K. Rath, Partner, Keller and Heckman LLP (Windows Media | Real)
• Jocelyn Frye, General Counsel, National Partnership for Women & Families (Windows Media | Real)
• Questions and Answer (Windows Media | Real)
The event was held 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Thursday, April 5, 2007 at The National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20045.