U.S., Other Amici Support Sergeant’s Job Transfer Bias Arguments In High Court

(September 7, 2023, 9:40 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The plain text of Section 703(a)(1) of the Civil Rights Act, Supreme Court precedent and the purpose of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 all support a finding that all biased job transfers are prohibited even if they don’t include a demotion or other “significant disadvantage,” the United States argues in its amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a St. Louis police sergeant who is before the high court arguing that her forced job transfer was based on her gender and thus discriminatory....