The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published its long-awaited final guidance on harassment in the workplace on April 29, 2024, several months following its released proposed guidance in September, which we...more
5/7/2024
/ Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Corrective Actions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Final Rules ,
Gender Identity ,
Harassment ,
Hostile Environment ,
LGBTQ ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Retaliation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its final rule and interpretive guidance implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which became law on June 27, 2023. Employers previously relied on...more
4/19/2024
/ Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Labor Reform ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Provisions ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
State Labor Laws
On June 29, 2023, in Groff v. DeJoy, the US Supreme Court unanimously adopted a new interpretation of the standard for when an employee’s religious accommodation poses an “undue hardship” for an employer under Title VII of...more
7/11/2023
/ Civil Rights Act ,
De Minimus Doctrine ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Groff v DeJoy ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Accommodation ,
SCOTUS ,
Substantial Burden ,
Title VII ,
Undue Hardship ,
USPS
On Thursday, May 13, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) delivered welcome news for vaccinated individuals in the form of revised Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People. The...more
5/17/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disclosure ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
GINA ,
Health and Safety ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Masks ,
OSHA ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
State Labor Laws ,
Vaccinations ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Workplace Safety
Employers across the world are responding to the developing information on the coronavirus (referred to as COVID-19). While there are many considerations, and many fact-specific considerations based on the nature of the...more
On April 6, 2018, the Texas Supreme Court issued a decision assessing what evidence is necessary to support an actionable same-sex sexual harassment claim. In an opinion totaling over 100 pages, the six-justice majority and...more
4/11/2018
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hostile Environment ,
Protected Activity ,
Retaliation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Title VII ,
TX Supreme Court
OSHA’s May 12, 2016 final rule revising its recording and reporting regulations received a great deal of publicity, in large part, because of the new requirements beginning in 2017 for some employers to electronically submit...more
7/8/2016
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Citations ,
Drug Testing ,
Electronic Filing ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fines ,
Incentives ,
OSHA ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety