Although the Supreme Court was set on November 30 and December 7 to determine whether to hear three different cases related to whether Title VII's prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex protects LGBT employees, the Court announced prior to its December 7 conference that that decision would be rescheduled, but did. It immediately set a date. The Court just set January 4, 2019 as the date to consider whether to hear these cases. Although New York state and local law already protection LGBT employees from discrimination, the determination that federal law protects against this discrimination would further underscore those laws and provide another avenue for employees to seek remedies against this kind of discrimination.
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