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Separation Agreement Employer Liability Issues Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

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[Webinar] Labor & Employment Law Update: 2025 Recap and Insights for 2026 - September 17th, 9:00 am - 11:30 am ET

It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Employee Separation Agreements Likely to Face Increased EEOC Scrutiny

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”)—the agency tasked with enforcing federal labor laws—was deputized by Congress in 1972 with authority to bring lawsuits against employers for violating anti-discrimination...more

Stoel Rives LLP

EEOC’s Tough Stance on Employee Separation Agreements

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Employers like separation agreements. Separation agreements, of course, are contracts that employees sign when their employment is terminated that allows them to be paid severance and in exchange they usually give up the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The EEOC’s Assault on Separation Agreements – A Bump in the Road, But It’s Far From Over

Most employers have separation agreement forms that have served them well over the years. The terms have become fairly standardized and, aside from the occasional tweak, they don’t change much and are rarely challenged. ...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Hurry Up and Wait: Court Decision Gives No Substantive Guidance on the EEOC's Challenges to Standard Separation Agreement...

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As we noted last month, a federal district court in Illinois announced it was dismissing a controversial lawsuit brought by the EEOC against a nationwide pharmacy chain challenging that employer’s separation agreement...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

EEOC Sues Another Employer Over Separation Agreement Language

Earlier this year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against the CVS drugstore chain, alleging that a form settlement agreement used by the employer illegally deterred former employees from filing charges...more

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