New regulations to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which was enacted in 2023, will soon take effect. Yesterday, April 15, 2024, the EEOC unveiled its final rule, which will take effect 60 days after its anticipated...more
As pay equity and transparency laws continue to spread across the country, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reminds us that both women and men can be subject to discriminatory pay practices based on gender....more
While the term “caregiver” is not identified as a protected class under federal equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws, workplace decisions that adversely impact job applicants and employees who are also caregivers can still...more
Husch highlights
•On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced a new vaccine mandate for healthcare workers employed at most Medicare- and Medicaid-certified facilities; continued participation in Medicare and Medicaid...more
9/21/2021
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
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Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Interim Rule ,
Joe Biden ,
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Social Distancing ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing
Now that the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its formal approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, many employers are beginning to implement vaccine requirements for employees. This article...more
8/31/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disparate Impact ,
Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Incentives ,
Masks ,
Pfizer ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour
Title VII requires an employer to provide a reasonable accommodation for an employee whose sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance conflicts with a work requirement, unless providing the accommodation would...more
8/26/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Masks ,
Popular ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Religious Exemption ,
Social Distancing ,
Title VII ,
Undue Hardship ,
Vaccinations
Husch Blackwell’s Labor & Employment team is launching a series of employment and labor alerts and labor law podcasts that discuss the expected changes in labor and employment laws under the Biden administration and provide...more
3/30/2021
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Arbitration Agreements ,
Biden Administration ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EEO-1 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equality Act ,
Executive Orders ,
LGBTQ ,
No-Poaching ,
Paycheck Fairness Act ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour
On January 20, 2020, the first case of COVID-19 in the United States was confirmed in Washington state. By March, many employers began sending their workers home on what was expected to be a temporary basis. Almost one year...more
2/15/2021
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Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
OSHA ,
Privacy Laws ,
Remote Working ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
State Taxes ,
Wage and Hour
Key points-
•The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) prohibits employers from requiring employees to undergo COVID-19 antibody testing prior to re-entering the workplace.
•The EEOC permits employers to...more