Solved: Name cases that changed laws concerning a female’s role in the work environment

The first example of the ase is the one with Venson against Meritor Savings Bank , where

Vinson, an employee at the Meritor Savings Bank, filed case against her supervisor, Sidney Taylor, for sexual harassement and rape, where the case ruled that hostile environment is considered a violation of Title VII and legitimized this area of the law for complainants and, for the first time, put employers on notice that unwelcome sexual conduct will not be tolerated in the workplace.

Next is the Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corporation, 400 U.S. 542, where Supreme Court outlaws the practice of private employers refusing to hire women with pre-school children. And in the case of Pittsburgh Press v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations, 413 U.S. 376 ,the supreme Court bans sex-segregated “help wanted” advertising as a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended. And in the case of Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur, determines it is illegal to force pregnant women to take maternity leave on the assumption they are incapable of working in their physical condition. And the Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education case helped with a rule under Title IX that prohibits punishing someone for complaining about sex-based discrimination.

As well as in the case of Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs ,supreme Court rules that states can be sued in federal court for violations of the Family Leave Medical Act.