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California Employment News: Starting a Workplace Investigation – Part 1 (Featured)
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The Changing Landscape of EEOC Enforcement and Disparate Impact
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California Employment News: Fair Chance Act – A Brief Overview of Employment Criminal Background Checks
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is slated to publish, on July 7, 2025, an information collection request seeking comments relating to complaints involving employment...more
You won't want to miss this!!! You all probably read respectable news sources. I subscribe to a number of "sober" mainstream publications, but have a sick attraction to the Daily Mail and the New York Post....more
n November 17, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill 3255 (the “Act”) into law. The Act amends Section 297-5 of the New York Executive Law (“Section 297-5”) by extending the statute of limitations for filing...more
On January 18, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a notice proposing to modify its complaint process by adding a pre-complaint step whereby a complainant would be able to lay out basic...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently announced proposed changes to its intake process for complaints of discrimination, which the agency says will help it assess allegations before a formal...more
On March 31, 2022, on Transgender Day of Visibility, the EEOC announced that it will expand the available gender options in the voluntary self-identification questions included on its intake forms. The changes will apply to...more
Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board finds that investigating an employee’s discrimination complaint does not, in itself, constitute a violation under the NRC’s employee protection regulations. ...more
The first thing employees need to know is that not all harassment and discrimination is unlawful. Arizona is an at-will employment state, which means that an employee can legally be terminated (or harassed) for any reason or...more
Major changes to New York’s harassment laws were among the flurry of bills advanced and passed by the New York State Legislature in the final hours of its 2019 Legislative Session. Employers will face greater potential...more
On February 21, 2019, the EEOC proposed a rule to expand the use of its electronic portal; clarification of the meaning of a “No Cause” dismissal and the filing deadline for a charge, which is filed in a state with a deferral...more
Equal pay for equal work – When is the discrimination unfair? There has been a tick up in the number of these claims since the introduction of arbitrariness as a ground for discrimination, under section 6(1) and 6(4) of...more
An obvious key to maintaining good employee relations is to keep employees satisfied with their work and their work environment. ...more
The New York City Council will consider a series of bills aimed at preventing and addressing workplace sexual harassment, both in the private sector and in city agencies. The eleven bills, collectively titled the Stop Sexual...more
Good faith and timing means everything in employment law. This episode of Employment Law Now provides an update from DC, discusses questions employers should be asking in today’s climate of troubling sexual harassment news,...more
The latest tool that can be used against employers is now fully operational. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) online filing portal, or Public Portal, which was tested in five cities over the past six...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has just added a fourth option for employees to initiate charges against their employers – an online portal. On March 13, 2017, the agency announced the Online Inquiry and...more
Once the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) receives a discrimination complaint from a current or former employee, the Commission begins gathering information about their allegations of discriminatory treatment....more
You’ve seen the headlines — the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) is changing the way Position Statements are handled during the course of an investigation – but what does it mean and is it really that big of a...more
For the past few decades, information provided to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC" or "Commission") has been protected from disclosure during the pendency of an investigation and to some degree after the...more
All employers with employees in California should carefully review harassment, discrimination, and retaliation policies and practices to ensure compliance with amended FEHA regulations. New Requirements for a Written...more
A well-crafted position statement is critical to the employer’s defense of a charge of discrimination filed at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). It is the company’s opportunity to tell its side of the story,...more
When employers receive a charge of discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, their response to the agency takes the form of a Position Statement, which sets forth the employer’s reasons for the...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently announced new nationwide changes to the procedures relating to its investigation of administrative charges filed against employers. When an individual files a...more
The EEOC has announced new procedures under which it will now release employers' Position Statements to Charging Parties upon request. This new procedure is designed to facilitate the EEOC obtaining additional responsive...more
As many employers know, one of the first steps in responding to an EEOC charge filed by a current or former employee is to put together a position statement to refute the complainant’s allegations and otherwise support the...more