Reverse Job Bias Test Unchanged by Justices’ LGBT Rights Ruling

A male former manager in training with sports apparel retailer Sampler Stores Inc. failed to allege “background circumstances” suggesting the company is one of the rare employers that discriminates against the majority and can’t pursue his reverse bias lawsuit, the District of Kansas ruled.

Richard Lewick also didn’t support his suit by alleging sufficient indirect evidence to raise a reasonable probability that he would have been promoted to store manager if not for his status as a man, the court said. That’s the second way a worker can make the “stronger showing” needed to establish a prima facie case of ...