This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2018 (hereafter “Report”), our eighth annual publication, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does...more
1/30/2019
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Disability Discrimination ,
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Subpoenas ,
Wage and Hour
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
2/28/2018
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Age Discrimination ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Big Data ,
Civil Rights Act ,
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Enforcement Actions ,
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Equal Pay ,
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Harassment ,
LGBTQ ,
Mediation ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Religious Accommodation ,
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Title VII ,
Transgender
This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2016 (hereafter “Report”), our sixth annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not...more
2/27/2017
/ Age Discrimination ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Class Action ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Conciliation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disability ,
Discovery ,
Discrimination ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
GINA ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Trafficking ,
Injunctive Relief ,
LGBTQ ,
Medical Records ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
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Regulatory Oversight ,
Retaliation ,
Retirement ,
Settlement ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Small Business ,
Technology ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Transparency ,
Voir Dire ,
Wages ,
Wellness Programs
The New Year will bring significant changes to the local employment laws affecting Silicon Valley-area employers, with measures aimed at reducing the expansion of the part-time workforce and increasing the minimum wage....more
12/9/2016
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Employee Benefits ,
Exemptions ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Local Ordinance ,
Minimum Wage ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Silicon Valley ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wages
Next week, Americans will head to the polls to elect their 45th President. Across the nation, voters will also fill 469 congressional seats, including 435 in the House and 34 in the Senate. While these federal races tend to...more
11/1/2016
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Corporate Counsel ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Marijuana ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Minimum Wage ,
Right to Work ,
Sick Leave ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
On Friday, September 30, 2016, U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Administrative Review Board (ARB) issued its highly anticipated decision in Palmer v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, ARB No. 16-035 (2016), correcting its...more
10/14/2016
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Adverse Employment Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Federal Railroad Safety Act ,
Protected Activity ,
Railways ,
Retaliation ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
Although the California Legislature sent Governor Jerry Brown bills on bed bugs, powdered alcohol, and making denim the official state fabric, the laws enacted in 2016 affecting the state’s private-sector employers were...more
10/4/2016
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Arbitration ,
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Child Care ,
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Healthcare ,
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Immigrants ,
Janitorial Services ,
Juveniles ,
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OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Popular ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Property Service Workers ,
Residential Care Facilities ,
Restroom Legislation ,
Retirement ,
Sexual Assault ,
Smoking Bans ,
Solid Waste ,
Stalking ,
Telecommunications ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety