Protections From Biased Job Transfers Boosted by D.C. Cir. (1)

Employers can’t legally transfer workers or deny their request to move based on their race, sex, religion, or other protected category, the full D.C. Circuit said, expanding the scope of federal antidiscrimination law.

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in an en banc ruling issued Friday struck down its 1999 decision in Brown v. Brody, which said employers can’t be liable under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for denying or forcing a lateral transfer unless the worker shows a pay reduction or another “objectively tangible harm.”

The ruling could trigger US ...