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EEOC Sues FedEx Over “Fully Healed” Return-to-Work Requirement
September 25, 2024
The agency’s lawsuit is based on a policy it claims the Company maintained in 2019 that ramp transport drivers who were not “100 % healed after 90 days of light duty work were put on unpaid leave without any discussion of accommodations.
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Testing, Testing, 1,2,3 - Part 1: Title VII
September 17, 2024
I want to take just one or two tenths-of-an-hour of your time (1-12 minutes) to discuss an often-overlooked aspect of retention, promotion, and hiring decisionmaking: employee and applicant testing.
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A Game of Cat and Mouse: Are Your Remote Workers Really Productive?
July 10, 2024
When work went fully remote, employers worried about how they could ensure that employees were clocking their required hours.
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Wait – the EEOC Is Really Serious About the EEO-1 Filing Requirement!
May 31, 2024
Many companies treat the annual EEO-1 filing requirement with, let’s say, some lack of urgency.
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The EEOC’s New Harassment Guidance: What Employers Need to Know
April 29, 2024
On April 29, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued its long-promised Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace.
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EEOC Guidance on How to Navigate the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
April 24, 2024
On April 15, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued its final regulation to carry out the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
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The EEOC Releases Onerous Final Rule Implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
April 16, 2024
On April 15, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a Final Rule and Interpretive Guidance to implement the relatively new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
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Pregnant Worker Fairness Act Final Regulations and Guidance: Potentially Turning the PWFA Into the Most Significant Employee Entitlement Since the FMLA
April 16, 2024
On April 15, the EEOC issued its final rule, with no substantial changes, turning this sleepy little statute into the most significantly burdensome expansion, on a per-case basis, of employee entitlement since the FMLA itself.
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Are Reasonable Accommodations Required for an Employee’s Commute?
April 3, 2024
According to some courts, no.
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Wiping the (Diverse Candidate) Slate Clean?
March 8, 2024
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision rejecting affirmative action in college admissions, there have been well-publicized attacks on corporate diversity initiatives.
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Employers, “When you assume, you make an ass out of u and me.” – Oscar Wilde (or not?*)
January 25, 2024
The EEOC had sued Walmart for sex discrimination, claiming that Walmart refused to promote a female employee based on sex stereotypes about women with small children.
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An Interesting Resolution to an EEOC Race Discrimination Investigation…
December 28, 2023
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission just announced a resolution of its investigation into Groupon’s recruitment and hiring practices.
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