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Littler Lightbulb: May Appellate Roundup

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This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments in the federal courts of appeal in the last month. Seventh Circuit Finds EEOC Failed to Prove Racial Harassment in Multi-Employee...more

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Second Circuit Clarifies That Federal Equal Pay Act Does Not Require “Factor Other Than Sex” Defense To Be Job Related

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 17, 2023, the Second Circuit issued the eagerly-awaited decision in Eisenhauer v. Culinary Institute of America. The court clarified that the federal EPA never required employers to show that a...more

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Illinois Adds More Requirements to Its Equal Pay Act

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After a relatively quiet 2020 from an employment legislation perspective, the Illinois Assembly has been busy crafting new laws in 2021. We recently reported on new legislation related to restrictive covenants, but the...more

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EEOC Sues Dell for Allegedly Violating Equal Pay Laws

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The EEOC recently sued Dell, Inc. for alleged violations of the Equal Pay Act (EPA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, both of which prohibit discrimination in compensation on the basis of sex. According to the...more

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Can You Rely on an Employee’s Prior Salary as a Defense to a Pay Discrimination Suit? The Supreme Court Refuses to Enter the Fray

In hiring employees, can you just give them a salary bump or must you look at their soon-to-be coworkers to decide the correct amount? This is a hotly debated issue right now, and, as with many things, it depends on where you...more

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A Look Behind The EEOC Curtain: Enforcement Statistics Show Fewer Charges Filed In 2019, But Monetary Recoveries Ticked Up In Some...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The EEOC recently released its enforcement and litigation statistics for Fiscal Year 2019. Notably, the statistics indicate that 2019 saw the lowest number of charges filed in over 20 years, though there...more

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What A Long Strange Year It’s Been . . . The EEOC’s Fiscal Year Comes To An Uncharacteristically Quiet Close

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Trump Administration has succeeded in replacing several open positions within the upper echelons of the EEOC. Employers are anxiously looking for any sign as to how this slate of leadership will put...more

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What Employment Issues did the Supreme Court Address this Term, and What’s in Store for 2019-2020?

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The Supreme Court’s October 2018-2019 term began with the highly politicized confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. But despite some expectations that the new makeup of the Court would be more divided than the previous...more

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Fourth Circuit Denies Wage Discrimination Claim Due to Job Responsibilities Not Being “Virtually Identical”

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a published opinion on March 18, 2019, that will undoubtedly become a pivotal Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) case in the context of higher education. In Spencer v. Virginia State...more

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SCOTUS Employment Cases and Petitions for The Upcoming Term

The Supreme Court of the United States will begin its upcoming session on Monday, October 1, 2018. Currently, eight justices preside over the high court following Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement after the end of the last...more

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Tender Me This: Sixth Circuit Holds Employees Don’t Have to Give Severance Money Back before Filing Title VII or EPA Lawsuit

In a decision that could have employers rethinking how they offer employees a severance agreement, in McClellan v. Midwest Machining, Inc. the Sixth Circuit held that former employees seeking to void severance agreements do...more

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Fourth Circuit Revives Equal Pay Act Claim, Imposes Tougher Summary Judgment Standard

In U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Maryland Insurance Administration, No. 16-2408 (January 5, 2018), the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals addressed the application of the summary judgment standard to a claim...more

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Federal Appeals Court Breathes New Life Into Pay Equity Claim, While Imposing Higher Standard On Employers

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The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals just forced a public employer back into court to defend itself against a pay equity claim after a lower court had dismissed the lawsuit and cleared the employer from wrongdoing. In...more

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Midyear Peek: What Has The EEOC Been Up To In FY 2017?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Reviewing the EEOC’s case filings during the first half of the Commission’s fiscal year may already reveal some surprising trends, most notably a sharp uptick in the total number of case filings – up 75%...more

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Court Rejects EEOC’s EPA Lawsuit Theory

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The EEOC sued an employer for Equal Pay Act violations, claiming that Maryland Insurance Administration failed to pay three female fraud investigators the same wages as comparable male fraud investigators....more

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