Abstract
For as long as there have been employer-employee relationships, there has been the potential for problems in those relationships—some of which are rooted in discrimination. In an ideal world, employees and prospective employees would not face adverse decisions based on protected characteristics. Unfortunately, the world is not always ideal and such decisions can and do happen. That said, the law attempts to bring justice when discrimination claims arise, working to balance the interests and rights of wronged employees while also setting forth standards that require employees to meet certain thresholds when making those claims. Throughout modern history, the United States Supreme Court has analyzed and determined what those thresholds are, holding that different principles apply in various employment situations. Causation standards, specifically, have evolved over time and have been applied differently based on the claim asserted.
Recommended Citation
Taylor Todd,
The Case for Applying Comcast's Causal Canon to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act,
89 Mo. L. Rev.
(2024)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/mlr/vol89/iss3/13