In managing employee attendance, be careful about policies that suggest automatic termination after a certain number of absences as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) believes such policies violate the...more
The EEOC recently proposed enforcement guidance on national origin discrimination and is giving the public until July 1, 2016 to comment. Once issued, this guidance will assist EEOC staff in investigation of national origin...more
The EEOC recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking clarifying federal agencies’ affirmative action obligations under Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Section 501 requires federal agencies to establish...more
Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) launched a pilot program called ACT Digital, which is the agency’s first initiative in digitizing its current paper-based charge process. The EEOC receives about...more
Leyth Jamal, a former employee of the upscale retailer Saks, claims that she was discriminated against because of her transgender status. Jamal v. Saks & Company has sparked a heated debate over whether transgender...more
The Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in Young v. UPS, a case that could drastically impact accommodation policies for pregnant employees. Up until now, courts widely held that employers could offer light-duty...more