Employment Law Now VIII-151 - EEOC Commissioner Interview: Part 1 of 2 on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Employer Obligations to Accommodate Before Employees Arrive to Work
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Employment Law Now VIII-149 - Part 2 of 2: The Final Interview With EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling
Employment Law Now VIII-148- Part 1 of 2: The Final Interview With EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling
The New EEOC Guidelines on Workplace Harassment
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DE Under 3: EEOC’s Settlement with the SSA is a Cautionary Tale for Private Sector Employers & Federal Government Contractors
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Employment Law Now VIII-142 - Federal Agency Update (Part 1 of 2)
DE Under 3: EEOC Consent Decree Illustrated Enforcement Stance Regarding Natural Hair Texture & Race Discrimination
DE Under 3: OMB Announced Finalized Overhaul to Federal Race & Ethnicity Data Collection Standards
The Burr Morning Show: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
DE Under 3: Biden "Hits the Brakes" on Non-Defense Discretionary Budgets for Federal Agencies in FY 2025 Budget Proposal
DE Under 3: Big Budget Opponents Again Stop a Final Federal FY 2024 Budget, Congress Keeps Agency Spending to FY 2023 Levels
The Burr Broadcast: EEOC Strategic Enforcement Plan
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 2: Labor Dispute Mediations with Drew Rogers, Senior Federal Mediator with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Part 2
On October 30, 2024, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted a federal contractor’s request for a preliminary injunction to stop an enforcement action by the Office of Federal Contract...more
On October 25, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (”EEOC”) issued a press release stating it was suing a Michigan restaurant for discrimination. The EEOC alleged Culver’s violated federal law when firing a...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In June 2024, Seyfarth published a blog article warning construction industry employers of recent anti-harassment guidelines issued by the EEOC. We predicted that the EEOC has “put the construction...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling, a Republican who first joined the EEOC in 2020, has announced his departure from the Commission in August 2024. Sonderling’s tenure was marked by his significant...more
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released its 2023 Annual Performance Report and a new dashboard highlighting resolved cases. Compared to the prior fiscal year, the EEOC contacted substantially...more
Increasingly, employers are utilizing automated systems, including artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning, to target job advertisements, recruit applicants, and make hiring decisions. Such systems expose employers...more
INTRODUCTION - This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2022 (hereafter “Report”), our twelfth annual publication, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more
On May 12, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued guidance addressing the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) to employers utilizing software, algorithms, and artificial...more
ANNUAL REPORT ON EEOC DEVELOPMENTS: FISCAL YEAR 2021 - An Annual Report on EEOC Charges, Litigation, Regulatory Developments and Noteworthy Case Developments - INTRODUCTION - This Annual Report on EEOC...more
What was the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) up to in fiscal year 2020? According to statistics released by the agency, it received a total of 67,448 charges of workplace discrimination—the lowest number...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) had a busy start to 2020, with new Chair Janet Dhillon sharing her priorities for the coming year and the release of the statistics for fiscal year 2019, while a Maryland...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The third key trend from our 16th Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report involves governmental enforcement litigation, including an overview of priorities and filings by the EEOC, the U.S....more
Program Discriminated Against Black Applicants in Its Hiring Process, Federal Agency Charged - JACKSONVILLE - Jacksonville Plumbers and Pipefitters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Trust (JPPJATT), which sponsors an...more
Staffing Agency Refused to Hire Employee Due to Disability, Federal Agency Charged - Pittsburgh - Adecco USA, Inc., a staffing agency based in Jacksonville, Fla., will pay $49,500 and furnish significant equitable relief...more
Portal, Ga., Store Manager Refused to Interview Applicant After Seeing Her Arm in a Sling, Federal Agency Charges - ATLANTA - The owner-operator of a Georgia Dollar General store will pay $70,000 and provide other...more
DETROIT, MI-Family Dollar Stores of Michigan, LLC, a retailer with discount stores throughout Michigan, will pay $25,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal disability-discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal...more
DENVER - DISH Network LLC has agreed to conciliate a disability discrimination charge regarding its online assessment for applicants with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced...more
Staffing Firm Used Unlawful Means to Screen Out Applicants With Disabilities, Federal Agency Charged - INDIANAPOLIS - Reliable Staffing, an Indianapolis staffing firm, will pay $25,000 and furnish other relief to...more
Company Improperly Screened and Refused to Hire Applicants Based on Disability, Federal Agency Charged - LOUISVILLE - The Ford Motor Company's Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Ky., will pay up to $537,760 and furnish...more
Retail Giant Refused to Allow Job Applicant to Take Pre-Hiring Physical Assessment Test Due to Obvious Disability, Federal Agency Charged - ST. LOUIS - Wal-Mart Stores East, LP violated federal law when it declined a job...more
Moving Company Unfairly Denied Employment Opportunities to Pregnant Woman, Federal Agency Charges - WASHINGTON - Quality Midwestern Holdings, LLC, doing business as Quality Services Moving, a moving and storage company...more
Federal Agency Charges Warehouse Worker Was Rejected for Being Deaf - TACOMA - Western Washington staffing and recruiting company Logic Staffing LLC has agreed to pay $170,000 and implement hiring policy and procedure...more
Jewelry Retailer Told Applicant She Was Too Old, Federal Agency Charges - KETCHIKAN, Alaska - SAI Investments LLC, a jewelry retailer which does business as Miner's Gems, violated federal law when it refused to hire a...more
Non-Hispanic Applicants Discouraged from Applying or Not Hired Are Encouraged to File a Claim, Federal Agency Says - FRESNO, Calif. - Marquez Brothers International, Inc. and its affiliates will pay $2 million and furnish...more
Battery Manufacturer Rescinded Its Job Offer Based on Unfounded Fears of Safety, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA - Exide Technologies, a global corporation headquartered in Milton, Ga., that manufactures, distributes and...more