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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a new opinion letter providing a more limited interpretation of its authority to bring pattern or practice cases against employers than it did in...more
9/11/2020
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Harassment ,
Judicial Authority ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Opinion Letter ,
Retaliation ,
Title VII
The state of New York adopted a new section of the New York Labor Law in November 2019. Under the immediately effective provisions of Section 203-e, an employer cannot...more
12/31/2019
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Damages ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
New Legislation ,
Reproductive Discrimination ,
State Labor Laws
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed two bills into law yesterday, amending Labor Law §194, to address the much-discussed "wage gap."
New York previously barred pay differences based on gender, but the law signed...more
7/12/2019
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Salary/Wage History ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour