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The Alberta Human Rights Commission (the Commission) recently published its annual report, highlighting trends in human rights complaints for the fiscal year April 1, 2023—March 31, 2024....more
Settles Federal Charges That Nationwide Retailer Permitted Hostile Work Environment For Female Employee - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Walmart Inc., a nationwide retailer of groceries and other goods, agreed to pay $30,000 and...more
Data from 2022 portends a monumental year ahead for Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) litigation and enforcement. Plaintiffs are filing class-based-employment claims in higher numbers than ever, and class actions involving...more
Restaurant Fired Employee After She Reported Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charged - TAMPA, Fla. – Chipotle Services LLC, doing business as Chipotle Mexican Grill, a Mexican-style fast food chain, has agreed to pay...more
29th Annual Employment Practices Liability Insurance - ACI’s 29th Annual Employment Practices Liability Insurance conference returns on January 26-28, 2021 in an interactive, virtual format! This yearly conference is the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The EEOC recently released its enforcement and litigation statistics for Fiscal Year 2019. Notably, the statistics indicate that 2019 saw the lowest number of charges filed in over 20 years, though there...more
Pilot Repeatedly Posted Sexually Explicit Photos of a Flight Attendant To Websites for Years, Federal Agency Charged - SAN ANTONIO, Texas - United Airlines, Inc., a Chicago-headquartered international airline operating in...more
Agency Commends Employer for Working Cooperatively With the EEOC on Harassment Prevention and Accountability - SAN FRANCISCO - Uber Technologies, Inc. has entered into a nationwide agreement to strengthen its business...more
Just ask Riot Games, which recently agreed to pay $10,000,000 to settle a class action lawsuit for alleged violations of the California Equal Pay Act, and gender discrimination, retaliation, and harassment. The settlement...more
In 2019, the New York State Legislature championed a host of employment laws that strengthen protections for employees. One of those laws codified new requirements for non-disclosure agreements, which are effective as of...more
Milk Tea Franchises Abused Young Filipino Females, Federal Agency Charges SAN DIEGO - Asian tea and snack restaurant chain Tapioca Express and two of its franchisees have settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with the U.S....more
Agreement Resolves Claims That a Female Worker Was Bullied and Harassed on the Basis of Sex, Federal Agency Says - HONOLULU, Hawaii - Skyline Ultd, Inc., a professional services provider to federal, state and local...more
Chicago Cargo Company Tolerated Sexual Harassment of Female Employees and Fired a Male Employee for Speaking Out, Federal Agency Charged - CHICAGO - Alliance Ground International, a cargo handling company that performs...more
UK employers entering into non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) as part of their sexual harassment or discrimination settlements will begin to find the scope of their NDAs significantly limited. This article focuses on the latest...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: At 852 pages, Seyfarth’s 15th Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report analyzes 1,453 rulings and is our most comprehensive Report ever. ...more
Q. Are there any laws related to settlement of sex harassment claims in Maryland that I should be aware of? A. In response to the many high-profile scandals in the news, several jurisdictions have enacted anti-sexual...more
Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed several new laws imposing requirements on employers in New York State regarding sexual harassment. New York City employers will be subject to additional requirements, as the city council...more
The recently enacted tax reform bill includes a provision that significantly affects how employers settle sexual harassment claims. Section 13307 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provides that no deduction is permitted for...more
In a workplace era that may soon be referred to as “Pre-Weinstein,” employers not only could quietly settle sexual harassment claims by including a nondisclosure agreement that virtually assured the matter would be kept...more
Parts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that took effect January 1, 2018, have amended Section 162 of the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate tax deductions for settlements, payouts and attorney’s fees “related to sexual harassment...more
In the months since the Harvey Weinstein scandal, there have been countless efforts to raise awareness of workplace sexual harassment. Actresses donned black dresses at the Golden Globe Awards earlier this month to promote...more
The following fact pattern should be familiar. A high-profile news story runs detailing years of sexual harassment by the CEO of a company. Four women sued, claiming that the CEO repeatedly propositioned or groped female...more
Once again, I wallow in the mud so you won't have to. Only two weeks ago, I posted about non-disclosure agreements ("NDAs") in sexual harassment settlements, and how confidentiality often benefits the victims....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The new Tax Act prohibits employers from deducting payments to individuals alleging sexual harassment or sexual abuse if the settlement or payment requires the Claimant to execute a nondisclosure agreement....more
You have probably heard about the many tax deductions that you are losing (or have lost) as a result of the new tax law (known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or TCJA). But, if you are an employer, one that you may not have...more