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The New EEOC Guidelines on Workplace Harassment
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Employers bear the responsibility of preventing and correcting harassment in the workplace. While the line between on and off duty conduct has never been crystal clear, in today’s hyper-connected world of social media, the...more
On March 19, 2025, the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued a joint press release announcing two technical assistance documents addressing diversity, equity, and...more
On March 19, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a joint press release announcing the release of two technical assistance documents designed to...more
Warning of unlawful DEI-related discrimination in the workplace, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued guidance this week outlining when a DEI initiative, policy,...more
Federal Agency Alleges Fast Food Companies Created Hostile Work Environment for Female Workers, Including Teens, and Fired Manager When She Reported Misconduct - DETROIT – Six related entities operating Taco Bell...more
In a March 5, 2025 press release, Andrea Lucas, the Acting Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), emphasized the agency’s plans to prioritize holding universities and colleges accountable to prevent...more
Few federal regulations over the past five years have produced more needless concern by stakeholders than the independent contractor rules under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) issued by the different...more
Earlier this month, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia) vacated the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the employer in Wannamaker-Amos v. Purem Novi...more
Airline Settles Federal Lawsuit for Former Asian American Employee Subjected to a Hostile Work Environment Based on His Race (Asian) and National Origin (Mongolian) - DENVER — United Airlines, Inc. a Delaware corporation...more
Staffing Agency and Management Group Settle Federal Charges They Subjected Female Employees to Hostile Environment at Memphis Warehouse - MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Prestigious Placement, Inc., and Prosero, Inc., will pay $215,000...more
Federal Agency Charged National Automotive Service Provider Failed to Protect Female Employee from Supervisor’s Harassment and Retaliation - DETROIT – Formel D USA, Inc., an automotive quality control company with...more
Federal Suits Charge Employers Failed to Protect their Employees from Hostile Work Environments and Retaliated Against Those Who Complained - ST. LOUIS –The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed three...more
Federal Agency Alleges Wyoming Trucking Company, Utah Janitorial Service Company, and Arizona Operator of Senior Living Communities Allowed Work Environments Hostile to Female Workers - PHOENIX – The U.S. Equal Employment...more
Federal Agency Charges Automotive Retailer Failed to Protect Workers from Harassment by Co-Workers and Customers - MIAMI – Advance Auto Parts, an automotive parts retail chain, violated federal law when it allowed its...more
Federal Lawsuits Allege Restaurant and Car Dealership Allowed Hostile Work Environment to Fester - NEW YORK – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed lawsuits today against two New York employers...more
Picture this: You're packing up your office, getting ready to head home for the evening, when your human resources manager peaks her head in. She explains that she has just fielded a complaint from a female employee: a male...more
Settles Federal Suit Charging Fresh Produce Supplier Allowed Hostile Work Environment to Fester - GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Pero Family Farms Food Company, LLC, will pay $40,000 in compensatory damages and furnish other relief...more
Here’s a refresher: Discriminating against a subclass of a sex (e.g., older women or black women) is still discrimination. In McCreight v. AuburnBank, the Eleventh Circuit clarified a few things for the lawyers related to the...more
Federal Lawsuit Charges Fitness Center Subjected Employees, Including Teens, to Hostile Work Environment and Failed to Take Prompt Action to Stop Harassment - MINNEAPOLIS – The St. Cloud Area Family YMCA violated federal...more
Federal Agency Charges Manager of Pharmacy Chain Subjected Employee to Sexual Harassment, Forcing Her to Resign - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Farmacias Carimas, a retail pharmacy chain, violated federal law when its manager...more
Federal Agency Charged Construction Company Allowed Sexual Harassment of Female Truck Driver and Retaliated Against Her After She Complained - RALEIGH, N.C. – Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc., a highway construction...more
Federal Agency Alleges Two Restaurants and an Airline Allowed Hostile Work Environments to Fester - WASHINGTON –The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a trio of lawsuits alleging that discriminatory...more
Plumbing Contractor Will Compensate Black and Hispanic Plumbers Subjected to Racially Hostile Work Environment and Retaliation - TAMPA, Fla. – J.A. Croson, a Sorrento, Florida-based plumbing and HVAC contractor, agreed to...more
Settles Federal Agency Charges Restaurant Refused to Honor Religious Accommodation and Fired Employee for Requesting It CHARLOTTE, N.C. –Suncakes NC, LLC, a North Carolina-based company, and Suncakes, LLC, a Texas-based...more
It is not news that employees “hang out” and socialize “outside of work” through social media platforms. While these platforms provide outlets for employees to express themselves, bond, chat, joke, and share vacation photos,...more