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Disparate Impact & Enforcement Rollbacks: What’s the Tea in L&E?
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California Employment News: Gathering Information in a Workplace Investigation – Part 2 (Featured)
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(Podcast) California Employment News: Starting a Workplace Investigation – Part 1 (Featured)
California Employment News: Starting a Workplace Investigation – Part 1 (Featured)
New Executive Order Targets Disparate Impact Claims Nationwide - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
The Changing Landscape of EEOC Enforcement and Disparate Impact
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 44: Conducting Effective Workplace Investigations with Kimberly Hewitt and Antwan Lofton of Duke University
The Evolution of Equal Pay: Lessons From 9 to 5 — Hiring to Firing Podcast
A Retaliation Refresher: What's the Tea in L&E?
California Employment News: Fair Chance Act – A Brief Overview of Employment Criminal Background Checks
AI in Employment: Navigating the Legal Landscape with Lessons from I, Robot — The Good Bot Podcast
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) Update
A closely watched class and collective action against the HR management services company Workday, Inc. reached a new milestone recently, when the Northern District of California conditionally certified Age Discrimination in...more
Artificial intelligence continues revolutionizing HR and talent acquisition, promising efficiency and scalability in hiring processes. However, as a recent lawsuit against Workday shows, automation does not absolve employers...more
Derek Mobley, a man over 40 years old, sued Workday Inc. claiming that Workday's artificial intelligence (AI)-driven applicant screening tools have systematically disadvantaged him and other older job seekers. Mobley...more
In an important decision for employers who use AI software in making hiring decisions, a California federal district court granted preliminary collective certification under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) to...more
A federal judge just allowed a job applicant’s lawsuit against Workday to move forward as a nationwide class action, ruling that the company’s AI-powered hiring tools may have had a discriminatory impact on applicants over...more
This Littler Lightbulb highlights some recent labor and employment law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal. At the Supreme Court...more
In a recent development in Mobley vs. Workday, Inc., the United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied in part Workday, Inc.’s (“Workday”) Motion to Dismiss, allowing the Plaintiff to pursue...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
Do you have any idea how long I have waited for the chance to use the term “meatheads” in the title of an article? Thanks to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, I now have that opportunity....more
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in nearly every aspect of business today, but at what cost? A recent lawsuit brought by the EEOC has demonstrated one of risks of using AI in the recruiting and hiring process; this...more
We previously reported here on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) lawsuit alleging that a group of affiliated employers engaged in age discrimination through the use of artificial intelligence...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the world by storm and revolutionizing how people work. While the possibilities for automation and increasing efficiency appear endless with the rapid progression of this technology,...more
Aerospace Component Supplier Discriminated Against Applicant Because of his Age, Federal Agency Charges - DETROIT - United Precision Products Co., Inc., a supplier of aerospace components based in Dearborn Heights,...more
Q. I heard that job postings which impose a maximum experience requirement for external applicants may not violate certain provisions of the ADEA, at least in certain Circuits. Is that true?...more
The New York Times recently published an article discussing trends in the area of unlawful age discrimination occurring at a time when the U.S. has the lowest unemployment rate in half a century. New York Times writer...more
On January 23, 2019, an en banc panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act’s (ADEA) disparate impact protections do not apply to job applicants. By way of background,...more
It is not uncommon for a job posting state that the ideal candidate is a person with a certain number of years of relevant experience. ...more
On January 23, 2019, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, carved out a narrow exclusion from the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) holding that the ADEA does not protect outside job applicants...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - As reported in a Nextgov article, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa issued a special notice extending the due dates for all unamended acquisition...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Recent California legislation, including laws banning questions about salary history and criminal convictions, has bought new interview jitters for employers. ...more
At age 58, Dale Kleber was an out of work experienced attorney searching for full-time employment. He applied for a position as a “Senior Counsel, Procedural Solutions” that required the ability to assume complex business...more
On April 26, 2018, in Kleber v. CareFusion Corporation, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that job applicants can pursue age discrimination claims under a disparate impact theory and that a practice of excluding job...more
Q. My company wants to target on-line recruitment ads for certain jobs to specific age groups. Is that legal? A. In most circumstances, the answer is no. Unless an employee’s age is a bona fide occupational qualification...more
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act recently celebrated its 50th birthday (it doesn’t look a day over 49). This calls for an age discrimination quiz!...more
BOSTON - Texas Roadhouse, a national, Kentucky-based restaurant chain, will pay $12 million and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more