While the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) May 28, 2021 guidance (the “EEOC Guidance”) largely is consistent with its previous pronouncements regarding employer mandatory COVID-19 policies, including policies...more
• Amendments to the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL) lower the bar for employees and individual nonemployees pursuing discrimination and harassment claims.
• In several respects, the amendments align the NYSHRL...more
8/15/2019
/ #MeToo ,
Affirmative Defenses ,
Amended Legislation ,
Carve Out Provisions ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Independent Contractors ,
NYCHRL ,
NYSHRL ,
Protected Class ,
Settlement Agreements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII
• The training requirements of the Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act went into effect on April 1, 2019. The new requirements add to those already in place for New York City firms under the New York Labor Law (NYLL).
•...more
4/22/2019
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Independent Contractors ,
Posting Requirements ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Workplace Communication
• OMB has frozen the Obama-era employee pay data collection requirements that were set to take effect in March 2018.
• Employers should continue to use the prior version of the EEO-1 form and will have until March 31, 2018...more
9/6/2017
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Obama Administration ,
OMB ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Stays ,
Wage and Hour
If you read one thing...
- The EEOC has announced a proposal to start collecting employee compensation information from companies with 100 or more employees, and is seeking comments, which are due by April 1,...more
If you read one thing...
- The EEOC has announced plans to collect employee compensation information from firms with 100 or more employees.
- The EEOC’s announcement is just the latest regulatory...more