The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release on March 19, 2025, to introduce two technical assistant documents “focused on educating the public about unlawful...more
3/31/2025
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Diversity ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
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New Guidance ,
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Reverse Discrimination ,
Title VII
The EEOC issued its Final Rule and Interpretive Guidance implementing the Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) on Monday, April 15, 2024. The Rule becomes effective sixty days after it is published in the Title 29 of the...more
Employers faced with requests from employees for a religious accommodation to an employment requirement, policy or practice are now required to apply a new undue hardship analysis when considering whether to grant or deny the...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a revised “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” Poster on October 20, 2022, replacing its previous “EEO is the Law” Poster, which must be posted by...more
Many employers use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to reduce bias in hiring, yet studies indicate some AI is discriminating on the basis of disability. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Equal Employment Opportunity...more
Employers considering mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for their employee population may decide the practical issues giving rise to such a mandate would not be worth it, at least at this time. Many reasons justify a mandatory...more
4/26/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gross Negligence ,
Joe Biden ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Popular ,
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Religious Exemption ,
Remote Working ,
Tax Credits ,
Title VII ,
Undue Hardship ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workers' Compensation Claim
The Biden Administration has directed a number of changes that impact employers under Administrative Agency action as well as the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). We are highlighting a few of those here to...more
3/16/2021
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COBRA ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Economic Realities Test ,
Emergency Sick Leave Laws ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Indicia of Control ,
Joint Employers ,
Layoffs ,
Misclassification ,
Premiums ,
Unions ,
Vaccinations
Vaccines and health screenings are medical examinations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). An employer requiring a vaccine must do so for a legitimate business reason or as required to protect the workplace...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued an update to its 2009 pandemic guidance, “Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the ADA,” originally detailed in our blog issued the day COVID-19 was declared a...more
3/23/2020
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
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Hiring & Firing ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Job Applicants ,
New Guidance ,
Sick Employees ,
State of Emergency ,
Workplace Safety
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced March 11, 2020, that the WHO has officially declared COVID-19 (Coronavirus) a pandemic.
Employers should follow the Equal...more
The Coronavirus has progressed to the point that Employers should communicate about it with their employees and also prepare for an infection in their area. Employers are encouraged to communicate with their employees about...more
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd recently hosted our annual Employment Law Seminars across South Carolina. These complimentary seminars educated Human Resource professionals on recent employment law updates and changes....more
1/24/2018
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Gender Discrimination ,
LGBTQ ,
NLRA ,
OSHA ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Subcontractors ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour
The latest headlines confirm the 2016 findings published by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that workplace harassment too often goes unreported. The EEOC reports that “approximately 70% of the individuals...more
The ruling in the AARP v. EEOC case may be detrimental to employers and their healthcare plans because the EEOC may either reduce the percentage of its allowable inducement (or penalty) below 30% the employee cost for...more