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The New EEOC Guidelines on Workplace Harassment
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The Speak Out Act and Compliance Programs
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#WorkforceWednesday: Return-to-Work Behavior Policies, U.S. Soccer's Landmark Agreement, and Board Diversity in California - Employment Law This Week®
Hot Spots in Employment Law 2022
Should employers be liable in tort for their employees’ sexual assaults? Until recently, the universal answer was a resounding “no.” After all, an employer is only liable for their employees’ actions when the employee is...more
Protecting a workforce from workplace violence presents complicated challenges for employers. Workplace violence incidents can emanate from myriad sources: a stranger, a customer, patient, or a co-worker, and can range from...more
Dear Sarah, Two of my employees have started dating, and I’m worried it might affect their work or lead to complaints from others. Should we have a formal policy on workplace relationships? Are we even allowed to have such a...more
Several recent legislative changes applicable to employers in Quebec were recently announced. These include the new employee threshold for francization requirements, expanded employer obligations to fight and prevent...more
Plusieurs modifications législatives s’appliquant aux employeurs au Québec ont été annoncées récemment. Parmi celles-ci, nous relevons l’entrée en vigueur prochaine du nouveau seuil d’employés quant aux obligations de...more
The data provides important insights to assist firms with their ongoing work in this area. On 25 October 2024, the FCA published the results of a survey on non-financial misconduct it undertook earlier in the year...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
New York City employers should review their handbooks and employment agreements to ensure they comply with a new law that took effect May 11. Lawmakers recently amended the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) to prohibit...more
Workplace harassment is a critical issue that affects employees' well-being and can lead to a toxic work environment. The UAE's labour laws play a crucial role in regulating employment relationships, ensuring employee...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: While Governor Newsom vetoed several impactful bills prior to his October 14, 2023, signing deadline, he approved a wide array of new laws with which businesses will need to comply with in 2024 and beyond,...more
In De Facendis v. Toronto Parking Authority, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that when a claim for workplace sexual harassment and workplace sexual assault “arises under the collective agreement,” a labour...more
On January 1, 2021, Bill C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (harassment and violence), the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1 (Bill C-65) and the Work...more
Posting: Employment Standards Act, 2000 - The poster is prepared by the Minister of Labour to help ensure employers understand their minimum obligations and employees know their rights. Employers must: • provide each...more
On June 24, 2020, the federal government published Work Place Harassment and Violence Regulations (Regulations), which set out the requirements that federally-regulated employers will be required to meet in order to satisfy...more
On March 6, 2020, Mexico’s Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (MLSW) issued a model Protocol to Address and Eradicate Work Violence (Protocol). Under Mexican law, an employer has an obligation to implement, in agreement...more
In this episode, Richard Church and Spencer Hamer discuss key takeaways for the health care industry upon certain developments in labor and employment law over the past year. Specifically, this episode provides an overview of...more
2018 brought developments in employment law issues that have particular relevance to the health care industry. These include continuing developments regarding employee resistance to vaccination mandates, increased...more
Finally, some good news to report from our nation’s capital, as the Washington Capitals won their first ever Stanley Cup last night. Here is your Beltway Buzz....more
Spring may have been slow to arrive in some parts of the country this year, but the courts, state legislatures, and government agencies have been moving full speed ahead. In April, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a potentially...more
We continue to attend the ABA Occupational Safety and Health Law Meeting this week in Santa Monica, California. A hot topic, discussed at yesterdays meeting, is sexual harassment in the workplace....more
If you are involved in safety or risk management, especially in construction, you recognize that struck-by accidents are almost always among the top three causes of employee deaths. What you may not appreciate is that most...more
In further demonstration of how law enforcement is being faced with new challenges in light of the recent attention paid to work-related sexual violence, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., just announced a new...more
Thanks for the input on topics you’d like to see and on your own observations to reference in the weekly Update. In order to keep this report short, we’re shifting most book, movie and certain other categories to the full...more
Over the past few weeks, a spotlight has illuminated the recurring problem of unlawful harassment in the workplace. The increasing frequency of allegations within the halls of some of the country's most successful industries...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently reminded us that every employer needs a violence in the workplace policy or risk citation for third party criminal actions. The OSH Act’s general duty clause...more