Are the days numbered for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) ability to permit plaintiffs to eschew the administrative process by issuing Notice of Right to Sue letters “on request” prior to 180 days?...more
In July 2025, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued two important memos regarding religious accommodations and religious expression in federal workplaces. ...more
8/4/2025
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
First Amendment ,
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Religious Expression ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
Following in the footsteps of governors in states such as Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas, on October 28, 2021, Missouri Governor Mike Parson issued Executive Order 21-10, a measure intended to chip away at the reach of federal...more
11/1/2021
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Branch ,
Executive Orders ,
Governor Parson ,
OIRA ,
OSHA ,
Public Agencies ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Accommodation ,
State and Local Government ,
Temporary Regulations ,
Vaccinations ,
Vaccine Passports
On August 23, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna’s expedited application for full approval is still pending, and Johnson & Johnson plans to submit its...more
8/24/2021
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Pfizer ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Vaccinations ,
Vaccine Passports
With transmission of the Delta variant on the rise, many employers are revisiting plans to implement COVID-19 vaccination policies. As we have previously explained, employers may encourage and mandate vaccination against...more
8/13/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Masks ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Title VII ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
On June 15, 2021, Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed House Bill 271 prohibiting any county, city, town, or village government receiving public funds from requiring COVID-19 vaccination documents (commonly known as “vaccine...more
6/16/2021
/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Disability ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Governor Parson ,
OSHA ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Exemption ,
State and Local Government ,
Vaccinations ,
Vaccine Passports
By all accounts, the availability of a vaccine for COVID-19 is a matter of when, not if. According to the World Health Organization, as of August 25, 2020, 173 potential vaccines are currently being developed in labs across...more
9/8/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
OSHA ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Title VII ,
Undue Hardship ,
Vaccinations
In 2015, long before COVID-19 emerged, a hospital disciplined and discharged a recruiter in its HR department who refused to obtain a hospital-required influenza vaccination or to don a mask at work as an alternative. In a...more
This month marks the 55th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This monumental legislation, which was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964, changed the course of history with its sweeping ban...more
7/16/2019
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Labor Regulations ,
LGBTQ ,
New Legislation ,
Quorum ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Service Animals ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
USCIS ,
Wage and Hour
Flu season is coming, and healthcare (and other) organizations may be asking whether they should have mandatory flu vaccine policies. If an employer decides to implement a mandatory program, the next question is how to...more
It’s true. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is taking the position that an emotional support animal may be a required reasonable accommodation in the workplace. In January, we explained that federal...more
In the last couple of years, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has prosecuted at least 12 lawsuits on behalf of deaf or hard-of-hearing employees or...more