Retaliation is the claim alleged most frequently in charges filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Nearly 45 percent of agency charges include a retaliation claim. On August 29, 2016, the EEOC...more
On June 1, 2015, the United States Supreme Court decided Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., No. 14-86, holding that to prevail in a disparate-treatment claim based on religion under...more
On February 25, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) published a final rule to revise the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993’s (FMLA) definition of “spouse,” expanding FMLA leave to employees...more