An employer’s decision to transfer an employee to a lateral job – with no change in pay or benefits – may violate federal civil rights law in some situations if it’s based on discriminatory reasons.

When is a job transfer not just a transfer? The Supreme Court will soon decide whether lateral job transfers, with no change in pay or benefits, violate federal civil rights law if done for ...

An employee's lateral transfer did not amount to discrimination or retaliation because it did not cause a significant change in her employment status, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled ...

BEREA, Ohio – An ordinance enabling lateral transfer hiring of police officers and firefighters/paramedics received its first public reading during Berea City ...

BEREA, Ohio -- Police officers and fire department personnel in other communities can now apply to join the Berea safety forces, using a newly instituted lateral transfer process. City Council at its ...

Mayor Paige Gebhardt Cognetti and Scranton Police Chief Thomas Carroll recently welcomed two new officers to the department — the first hired through the department’s lateral transfer program. In a ...

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