Navigating Employee Leave and Reasonable Accommodation Requests Under the FMLA, ADA, and PWFA
Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 10 – Website Accessibility
Workplace Accommodation after COVID: Legal Update
Litigation Lessons for California Employers
Recent Developments in ADA Website Accessibility Compliance - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Employment Law Now VI-116-Top 10 Employment Issues To Consider For The Summer Kick-Off
DE Under 3: EEOC & DOJ Technical Guidance for Employer’s AI Use; Upcoming EEOC Hearing; Event for Mental Health in the Workplace
DOJ’s Recent Guidance on Website Accessibility and the ADA — What Does It Tell Us? - The Consumer Finance Podcast
#WorkforceWednesday: Mental Health Accommodations and Parity, Board Diversification Law Struck Down, Ban-the-Box Update - Employment Law This Week®
Creating Inclusive Work Environments for People with Disabilities with Lifelong Disability Rights Activist, Judith Heumann: On Record PR
#WorkforceWednesday: Remote Work and Reasonable Accommodations, Important Dates for Federal Contractors, Learn About AI - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: EEOC Enforcement Uptick, New York Limits Private Confidential Settlements, Anti-Harassment Training for Virtual World - Employment Law This Week®
Vaccine Mandate Requirement, First COVID-19 Remote Work Suit, Whistleblower Awards Top $1 Billion - Employment Law This Week®
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - Advertising: ADA Compliance related to Websites and Mobile Applications
Return to Work: Employer-Mandated COVID-19 Vaccination Policies and Accommodating Employee Disabilities and Religious Beliefs
DE Talk | Improving Disability Employment Outcomes
Vaccines in the time of COVID [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 15]
COVID-19: New York Travel Guidance, Related Disability FAQs, Reopening/Operating Procedures, School District Update
Labor & Employment Law: Vermont and Federal Legislative Update
DE Talk: Disability Education & Accessibility: Overcoming the Digital Divide
A Deaf, Indigenous woman claims an employer’s use of a popular automated video interview platform unfairly blocked her promotion due to AI-driven biases related to her disability and race. The ACLU filed charges on March 19...more
This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments in federal courts of appeal in the last month. Fourth Circuit Rejects ADA Claim of Employee Who Tested Positive for Illegal Drugs...more
The Northern District of California issued an eagerly awaited decision last month in Mobley v. Workday, Inc., where a job applicant claims that Workday’s artificial intelligence (AI) job applicant screening tools violate...more
A California federal court just allowed a frustrated job applicant to proceed with an employment discrimination lawsuit against an AI-based vendor after more than 100 employers that use the vendor’s screening tools rejected...more
What happens when an employee believes he or she is a victim of discrimination at work? Most people understand that an employee can sue their employer/company but very few understand the concept of individual liability under...more
Workplace Allowed Offensive Conduct Related to Race, Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Disability, Federal Agency Charges - MINNEAPOLIS – R & G Endeavors, Inc., a fast-food franchisee doing business as Culver’s Restaurants of...more
Employer Refused to Allow Employee Return to Work with Crutches and Fired Her Because of Her Disability, Federal Agency Charges - GREENVILLE, S.C. – Georgia-based Community Loans of America, Inc. and its subsidiary,...more
The EEOC recently issued guidance regarding COVID-19 caregiver discrimination. This guidance reiterates previously-issued guidance (Enforcement Guidance: Unlawful Disparate Treatment of Workers with Caregiving...more
A new series. NOTE FROM ROBIN: For months, I've been thinking about doing a series of posts with very basic explanations of the federal laws that govern the workplace. I think the series would be helpful to people who are...more
On March 14, 2022, the EEOC released new guidance regarding caregiver discrimination and the COVID-19 pandemic, in light of many workplaces returning to in-person work. The new guidance supplements earlier guidance regarding...more
Expert Witnesses Show How Pandemic Harms Already Vulnerable Populations - WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on civil rights in the workplace...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: the Sixth Circuit recently sided with employer Fresh Products, LLC and its HR Manager, Dawn Shaferly, in an age, race, and disability discrimination lawsuit. In doing so, the Court helpfully clarified when...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The EEOC recently released its enforcement and litigation statistics for Fiscal Year 2020. Notably, the statistics indicate that 2020 saw a dramatic drop in filed charges, with the lowest number of charges...more
Manhattan Store Forced Employee to Quit Due to Abuse, Federal Agency Charged - NEW YORK – Baccarat, Inc., which operates a retail store in Manhattan that sells luxury crystal products, will pay $100,000 and furnish other...more
On June 1, 2020, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals entered an unpublished, per curiam decision affirming the grant of summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville division...more
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a statement yesterday reminding schools, colleges, and universities of their responsibilities to address discrimination and harassment based on race and...more
And you thought you had problems! A medical clinic in the St. Louis area had two employees (among others, I presume). "Rose" was African-American. "Daisy" (race unknown) had a disability. ...more
On March 21, 2019, finding in favor of an employer seeking summary judgment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in Lewis v. City of Union City, clarified the definition of “similarly situated” comparators for...more
On March 21, 2019, in Lewis v. Union City, No. 15-11362, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (1) clarified the proper standard for the comparator analysis in intentional discrimination cases under the McDonnell...more
If an employee gets a doctor’s note saying she can’t participate in training because of a physical limitation, does that make her disabled? It might if you treat her like she is—at least that is what the Eleventh Circuit...more
Last week, we saw several developments in the area of race discrimination in employment, including a Second Circuit decision that has generated media coverage and commentary. The Second Circuit’s ruling reversed a lower court...more
Black Employee with Disability Involuntarily Transferred and Fired for Opposing It, Federal Agency Charged - CHICAGO - A Peoria, Ill., Chevrolet dealership will pay $65,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability...more
Contrary to the EEOC’s position that sexual orientation discrimination is protected by Title VII’s prohibition on gender discrimination, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held last week that existing law does not support...more
FAPS Refused to Recruit and Hire African-Americans, Federal Agency Charged - NEWARK, N.J. -- FAPS, Inc., one of the country's largest automotive re-delivery service firms, operating in the port area of Newark, will pay...more
The population in the United States – and by extension, the workforce – is becoming increasingly diverse. According to projections from the U.S. Census Bureau, by 2044, racial and ethnic minorities will be the majority in the...more