Two Supreme Court decisions made on Monday will make it more difficult for employees to win discrimination or retaliation lawsuits against their employers. In a 5-4 decision, the court constricted the definition of a supervisor as someone with the ability to hire or fire, minimizing liability for a business in the case of co-worker harassment. A second court ruling established that illegal bias must be the sole motivation for firing in retaliation cases. Dissenting in both cases, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the decisions will minimize the power of anti-discriminations governed by Title VII.
See "Supreme Court limits workers' discrimination, retaliation suits", David Savage, Los Angeles Times, June 24, 2013