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President Trump Signs Order Ending Government Disparate Impact Investigations

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring federal agencies from investigating or prosecuting employment discrimination using the disparate impact concept. Most discrimination claims allege that an...more

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Compensation in the New Administration – Mainstays and New Directions in Investigations

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A change in presidential administrations can influence federal enforcement agencies’ priorities, how they interpret laws and guidelines, and how they carry out enforcement. Consequently, the transition to the Trump...more

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What a More Coordinated Enforcement Approach by EEOC, Labor Department Means for Employers

Last week, we reported on a new joint enforcement initiative between the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Federal Trade Commission. On the heels of this announcement, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...more

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Internet Job Postings Pose Legal Perils for Employers

Today social media platforms, including Facebook and LinkedIn, allow employers to target their job listings based on various characteristics of the users they wish to reach. As a result, employers can theoretically identify...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - June 2019 #2

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FALSE CLAIMS ACT - Department of Justice – The DOJ announced that Richard Moore, the owner of Carolina Sodding Services, LLC, and Carolina Enterprises of the Lowcountry, LLC, agreed to pay $1.6 million to resolve...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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China is answering the White House’s latest tariff announcement with another $60 billion in levies on US goods of its own....more

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When the EEOC Comes Knocking - Federal Court Permits EEOC to Enter, Inspect, and Photograph Business Facility

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Last week, a United States Magistrate Judge authorized a legal photographer and two EEOC lawyers to enter, inspect, and photograph Akebono Brake Corporation’s West Columbia, South Carolina facility.¹ Although Akebono...more

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Annual Report on EEOC Developments — Fiscal Year 2017

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This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2017, our seventh annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not merely summarize case...more

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How to Be Ready When the EEOC Charges In

It’s one of those days. An envelope containing a charge from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) arrives on your desk. The charging party is a recently departed employee, and it’s the company’s first...more

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It ain’t Over ’til it’s Over (and Even Then, it Might not Be Over): How long can the EEOC Continue Investigating – after Issuing a...

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EEOC charges are a fact of life for employers. Even with comprehensive equal employment policies, top-notch human resources personnel, and a great workplace culture, many employers will at some point encounter a charge of...more

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Company May Violate ADA by Informing Employees about Details of EEOC Investigation

On August 22, 2017, a federal trial judge injected uncertainty into the ability of in-house counsel to communicate with company employees during an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigation. In EEOC v. Day...more

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Supreme Court Limits EEOC Subpoena Power

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In a 7 to 1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that courts of appeals should largely defer to lower courts’ decisions when policing subpoenas issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). By...more

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Employer successfully fights EEOC subpoena

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Any employer that has gone through an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigation knows one thing is certain: you will have to provide mountains of documents. Normally, the EEOC will informally request...more

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Employment Practices Newsletter - June 2016

EEOC Issues Final Regulations on Wellness Programs - It seems to be a win-win when employers who provide employees with incentives to encourage healthy behavior. But employers that do so must contend with an alphabet...more

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Federal Court Allows the EEOC to Conduct Investigation on Employer’s Premises Without Employer Consent or a Warrant

Many employers are familiar with the fact that the EEOC regularly conducts on-site workplace investigations after receiving charges of discrimination or harassment. A recent federal court decision, however, may lead to an...more

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EEOC Implements Nationwide Procedures for Releasing Respondents' Position Statements to Charging Parties

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently implemented a new procedure that allows Charging Parties to request and obtain the Respondent employer's position statements and non-confidential attachments during...more

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EEOC to Allow Charging Parties Access to Employer's Position Statement

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

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What GCs Need to Know About Employment Enforcement Agencies

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his is the third in our series of posts meant to give General Counsel (and those who support and inform them) a quick overview of employment law issues they are likely to encounter. As we have noted in previous posts, the...more

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You May Want To Reconsider Your Position – EEOC Announces New Procedure to Handle Administrative Charges Against Employers

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

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Opening The Vault – The EEOC’s New Position On Handing Over Position Statements To Charging Parties

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With little fanfare, the EEOC quietly announced on February 18, 2016 its adoption of new “Nationwide Procedures for Releasing Respondent Position Statements and Obtaining Responses from Charging Parties.” Importantly, the...more

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EEOC May Obtain Private (And Arguably Unnecessary) Employee Information

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Employers served with an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) subpoena requesting private employee information – regardless of its arguable relevance – may nevertheless be compelled to respond, according to a...more

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Ninth Circuit Gives EEOC Broad Access to Employee Personal Information During Charge Investigation

When investigating administrative charges of discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission often sends employers Requests for Information that seek details about employees similarly situated to the charging...more

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DOL Gets Reined In - Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals says the agency pushed too far in worker misclassification case

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As most employers know, the United States Department of Labor (DOL), along with many other federal and state agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, has focused on pursuing employers for misclassifying...more

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Federal Court Approves EEOC Subpoena in Investigation of Union Pacific

Agency Can Use Subpoena to Continue Investigation of Discrimination Even After Complainants' Private Lawsuit Has Been Dismissed - MILWAUKEE - A federal judge has approved a subpoena allowing the U.S. Equal Employment...more

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Despite settlement, EEOC continues and expands discrimination investigation

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At this point, employers have become all too familiar with the new, aggressive enforcement agenda of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The agency’s systemic initiative to root out alleged discriminatory employment...more

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