Is Your Business Covered by Sex Bias Provisions of Title IX?

Businesses with workers in dual student-employee roles could be in for a rude legal awakening.

Sex discrimination prohibitions and compliance requirements of federal education law may have a broader reach than previously thought, following a recent federal appeals court decision. Many businesses—from private teaching hospitals to companies inside and outside of the health-care industry—therefore would be wise to reassess their legal obligations to individuals in what are or may be dual student-employee roles, at least if the entity is doing business in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania or the Virgin Islands.

That’s the major implication of a case decided March 7 ...