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 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Settlement Negotiations ,
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 ,
EEO-1 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Government Investigations ,
Harassment ,
LGBTQ ,
Mediation ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
As part of the National Labor Relations Board’s spate of recent decisions reversing Obama-era Board precedent, on December 15, 2017, the Board in PCC Structurals, Inc., 365 NLRB No. 160 (2017) overturned Specialty Healthcare,...more
On July 17, 2017, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court unanimously held that an employee may pursue a disability discrimination claim under state law against her former employer for failing to accommodate the employee’s...more
7/20/2017
/ Controlled Substances ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Disability ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
MA Supreme Judicial Court ,
Marijuana ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Zero Tolerance Policies