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Are You Ready for a Zombie Apocalypse?Carpool Got You Down? Maybe You Need New Carpool BuddiesSometimes You Have Done All You Can for an Employee: When is It Time to Part Ways?

Age Discrimination

Congress Moves Toward Providing Employees an Easier Path to Pursue Age Discrimination ClaimsIs “OK, Boomer” OK?Florida Jury Puts the Hammer Down on Mercedes Dealers in Disability Discrimination Dispute

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

The EEOC Issues Updated COVID-19 GuidanceEEOC Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccinations in the WorkplaceNew EEOC Guidance Tackles Employee ADA Rights and Opioid Use

Arbitration

Tom Brady Fallout- When Employees WinEmployers Win Big To Avoid Costly Title VII Class Action LawsuitsDoes Freedom To Choose An Arbitrator Include Freedom To Choose Her Religion?

Caregiver Discrimination

Discrimination Against Male "Family Caregivers" GrowingAnother Case Involving Associational Discrimination and Employee CaregiversUnder the ADA No Need To Accommodate Employee Who Cares For Disabled Daughter

Class Actions

Denver Gets Hit with a Mile High Damages AwardWill the Comment Period Be Extended on the EEOC's Proposal to Change EEO-1 Reporting Requirements?Another GINA Class Action Settled By The EEOC

Disability Discrimination

Appeals Court Rejects Disability Discrimination Claim of Employee with Supervisor-Induced Stress and MigrainesDisability Accommodations Can Take Many FormsVolvo Reaches $70k Settlement in Disability Discrimination Suit After Refusing to Hire Applicant on Suboxone

Drug Testing

Worried about Drug Use in the Workplace?

Employee Hiring

Employers Can’t Avoid Colorado’s Compensation-Posting Rules By Excluding Colorado WorkersMaryland Restricts Use of Facial Recognition Technology in HiringIs “OK, Boomer” OK?

Employee Termination

Can You Fire An Employee for Bringing a Gun to Work?For Employers Facing a Discrimination Claim, Being Wrong Can Also Mean Being Right (or, at Least, Being Nondiscriminatory).Is “OK, Boomer” OK?

Employee Training Programs

Thawing the Chilling Effect: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Trainings following the President’s September 2020 Executive Order titled “Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping”In #MeToo Era, EEOC Intensifies Focus on Workplace Sexual HarassmentUPDATE: NY Clarifies Deadline for Employers to Provide Harassment Training to Employees

Employer Posting Requirements

DOL Issues New Employer's Guide to FMLAObama on Wage Gap: Making a List, Checking it TwiceNew Brunswick Becomes the Latest New Jersey Municipality to Enact Paid Sick Leave

Employment Litigation

July News from the EEOCIs “OK, Boomer” OK?Employee Lawsuit Claims Discrimination Based on Her Husband's Race (Or: Associational Race Discrimination 101)

Equal Pay

Employers Can’t Avoid Colorado’s Compensation-Posting Rules By Excluding Colorado WorkersMaine Joins Growing Ranks of States Banning Salary History InquiriesHave you Reviewed your Employee Compensation?

Family Medical Leave Act

Illinois Law Requires Leave for Bereavement of the Death of ChildEmployee Leave Questions Got You Down?DOL Issues New Employer's Guide to FMLA

Federal/State/Local Laws

The EEOC Issues Updated COVID-19 GuidanceEEOC Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccinations in the WorkplaceThawing the Chilling Effect: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Trainings following the President’s September 2020 Executive Order titled “Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping”

Gender Discrimination

The Equality Act: Above And Beyond BostockSupreme Court Hears Argument in LGBT Discrimination Cases: What's Next?Maine Joins Growing Ranks of States Banning Salary History Inquiries

Gender Identity or Expression

Supreme Court: LGBTQ Employees ProtectedVirginia: the Next State to Protect LGBTQ Employees from Discrimination?Supreme Court Hears Argument in LGBT Discrimination Cases: What's Next?

General Employment Discrimination

A Reminder to Review your Company’s English-only PolicyMontana Law Prohibits Discrimination Based on Vaccination StatusCongress Moves Toward Providing Employees an Easier Path to Pursue Age Discrimination Claims

General Employment Matters

Texas Expands Employee Protections Against Sexual HarassmentThawing the Chilling Effect: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Trainings following the President’s September 2020 Executive Order titled “Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping”Philadelphia: Employees May Disclose, Refuse to Work in Unsafe COVID-19 Conditions

Harassment

Texas Expands Employee Protections Against Sexual HarassmentA Cautionary Tale about Same Race DiscriminationNJ Issues Report, Recommendations on Stopping Sexual Harassment

Immigrant Status Discrimination

Sexually Harassed, Vulnerable Farm Workers Subject Of New EEOC SuitFive NYC Employment Agencies Settle State Discrimination ChargesDiscrimination Based Upon The "Linguistic Characteristics" Of A National Origin Group

Leave Laws

Leave Laws Giving you a Headache?Are you ready for New Jersey Sick Leave?Proposed Sick Leave Regulations in New Jersey Create More Questions than Answers

National Origin Discrimination

A Reminder to Review your Company’s English-only PolicyEEOC Proposes Updated Guidance on National Origin DiscriminationCan an Employer Limit the Use of a Foreign Language in the Workplace?

New York City Human Rights Law

Annual Sexual Harassment Training Will Be Mandatory in NYC Beginning in 2019New York City Enacts New "Cooperative Dialogue" Requirements for Workplace AccommodationsNo April Fools: Mayor De Blasio Signs Into Law FIVE Amendments Broadening The New York City Human Rights Law

New York State Human Rights Law

NY's Women's Agenda in 2019 Budget Bill Means Big Changes for EmployersThird Party Contractor Liability under the New York State Human Rights LawsNew Year, New You, New Laws

Pregnancy Discrimination

House Passes Bill with Broader Requirements for Accommodating Pregnant WorkersMassachusetts Will Require Accommodations for Pregnant EmployeesWhen Employees Decline Their Maternity Leave

Race Discrimination

Colorado's CROWN Act Bans Natural Hair DiscriminationA Cautionary Tale about Same Race DiscriminationFor Employers Facing a Discrimination Claim, Being Wrong Can Also Mean Being Right (or, at Least, Being Nondiscriminatory).

Religious Discrimination

EEOC’s Proposed Updates to Religious Discrimination Guidance Now Open for Public CommentReminder: Religious Discrimination and Harassment Is Still A Serious IssueDo You Have to Pay Employees Who Are Off Work for Religious Reasons?

Religious Organization Exemption

Creationist Amusement Park Religious Hiring Requirement: Discrimination? Ministerial Exception? Or What?The Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby Decision Does Not Give License to DiscriminateALERT! Supreme Court Rules For Hobby Lobby!

Retaliation

Philadelphia: Employees May Disclose, Refuse to Work in Unsafe COVID-19 Conditions"You're Fired" is not a Good Response to a Report of HarassmentYes, the EEOC Can Get All Up in Your Business

Reverse Discrimination

Rachel Dolezal and the Quandary of "Perceived As" Discrimination

Same-Sex Marriage

Same Sex-Marriage: The End of the RoadSupreme Court Hears Argument on Gay MarriageThe Supreme Court Argument Date for Gay Marriage Cases is Around the Corner

Sexual Harassment

Texas Expands Employee Protections Against Sexual HarassmentNJ Issues Report, Recommendations on Stopping Sexual HarassmentReminder: Sex Discrimination is NOT the Solution to Sexual Harassment

Sexual Orientation Discrimination

The Equality Act: Above And Beyond BostockEEOC Launches Resource Hub on Sexual Orientation, Gender IdentitySupreme Court: LGBTQ Employees Protected

Sick Leave

Are you ready for New Jersey Sick Leave?Proposed Sick Leave Regulations in New Jersey Create More Questions than AnswersNJ Becomes Tenth State to Mandate Paid Sick Leave

Title VII

A Reminder to Review your Company’s English-only PolicyThe EEOC Issues Updated COVID-19 GuidanceThe Equality Act: Above And Beyond Bostock

Trade Secrets

Trade Secret Lawsuits on the Rise

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

A Reminder to Review your Company’s English-only PolicyThe EEOC Issues Updated COVID-19 GuidanceEEOC Launches Resource Hub on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity

U.S. Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)

What We Know So Far About President Biden's COVID-19 Vaccine MandatesA Statistically Significant Settlement For Federal ContractorsNew EEO-1 Reporting Procedures: Time For Public Comment (Again)

Uncategorized

What We Know So Far About President Biden's COVID-19 Vaccine MandatesVoting Leave: Do You Know Your State's Law?July News from the EEOC

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)

New Bill Introduced In The Senate To Give Vets Right To Punitive DamagesEEOC Fact Sheet For Veterans With Service-Connected DisabilitiesThere is No Such Thing as a Hostile Work Environment Claim Under USERRA -- For Now Anyway