Introduction Over a year and a half since the pandemic first started to take its toll on the health and welfare of individuals and the economy, the country is still reeling and struggling to recover. Some employers and...more
9/7/2021
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Employer Mandates ,
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Labor Day became an official federal holiday in 1894. Although the world of employment has obviously changed significantly over the last 125 years, the pace of workplace transformation seems to have accelerated in the past...more
9/3/2019
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Ban the Box ,
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Silica ,
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This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2018 (hereafter “Report”), our eighth annual publication, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does...more
1/30/2019
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Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
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Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Settlement Negotiations ,
Subpoenas ,
Wage and Hour
Employers will face fewer significant regulations in the coming year, according to the Trump administration's Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions ("regulatory agenda")....more
10/18/2018
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Corporate Counsel ,
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Employee Training ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
GINA ,
H-1B ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRB ,
OSHA ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
TRICARE ,
USCIS ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Injury
Almost two years into the new presidential administration, and with highly consequential and hotly debated mid-term elections around the corner, Littler’s Workforce Policy Institute’s Labor Day Report examines the state of...more
9/4/2018
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Affordable Care Act ,
Age Discrimination ,
Association Health Plans ,
Ban the Box ,
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Criminal Background Checks ,
DACA ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Drug Testing ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Foreign Workers ,
Gig Economy ,
H-1B ,
Health Insurance ,
Immigrants ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Persuader Rules ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sharing Economy ,
Unemployment ,
Wage and Hour
This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2017, our seventh annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not merely summarize case...more
2/28/2018
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Age Discrimination ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Big Data ,
Civil Rights Act ,
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Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Government Investigations ,
Harassment ,
LGBTQ ,
Mediation ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2016 (hereafter “Report”), our sixth annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not...more
2/27/2017
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
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Conciliation ,
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Disability ,
Discovery ,
Discrimination ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
GINA ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Trafficking ,
Injunctive Relief ,
LGBTQ ,
Medical Records ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Race Discrimination ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Retaliation ,
Retirement ,
Settlement ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Small Business ,
Technology ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Transparency ,
Voir Dire ,
Wages ,
Wellness Programs
Littler's WPI Insider Report details key labor, employment, and benefits news and events at the federal, state, local, and global levels. The December edition of the Insider Report discusses recent efforts to block...more
12/5/2016
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Blacklist ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
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EB-1 ,
EB-2 ,
EB-3 ,
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Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Genetic Discrimination ,
GINA ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Marijuana ,
Minimum Salary ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRB ,
Obama Administration ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Leave ,
Persuader Rules ,
Presidential Elections ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Right to Work ,
Sick Leave ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions ,
USCIS Immigrant Fee ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wellness Programs ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
The 2016 Presidential election was arguably the most contentious, unpredictable, and politically polarizing race in this nation's history. The contours of the electoral map changed by the hour in the days leading up to...more
11/10/2016
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Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
D.R. Horton v NLRB ,
DACA ,
DAPA ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Dodd-Frank ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Ernst & Young ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Gender Identity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Joint Employers ,
Judicial Appointments ,
LGBTQ ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
MAP-21 ,
Minimum Salary ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Leave ,
Persuader Rules ,
Political Appointments ,
Popular ,
Project Labor Agreements ,
Recess Appointments ,
Retirement Plan ,
Right to Work ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Standard of Review ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wages ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Workplace Injury
Littler's Workplace Policy Institute Insider Report details key labor, employment, and benefits news and events at the federal, state, local, and global levels. The November edition of the Insider Report turns a spotlight on...more
11/7/2016
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
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Big Data ,
Blacklist ,
Data Breach ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
EU ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Gig Economy ,
GINA ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
IRS ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Marijuana ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
NLRB ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Sharing Economy ,
Sick Leave ,
Unemployment Insurance ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft ,
Wellness Programs ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Work Schedules ,
Workers' Compensation Claim
This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2015 (hereafter “Report”), our fifth annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not...more
1/13/2016
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GINA ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wellness Programs ,
Young Lawyers
In This Issue:
- INTRODUCTION
..I. LOOKING BACK AT FY 2014: A REVIEW OF EEOC SUCCESSES AND FAILURES, AND SIGNIFICANT CASES AND DEVELOPMENTS TO WATCH FOR IN FY 2015
..A. Key Statistics
...more
1/5/2015
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Conciliation ,
Discrimination ,
Enforcement Statistics ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
PDA ,
Popular ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Wage and Hour
In this Report:
- Introduction
- Reflections On Fifty Years Of Title Vii Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 And Unsettled Issues Involving Systemic Claims And Class-Based Litigation By The EEOC
- Overview...more