This edition of Employment Flash summarizes key employment law issues related to COVID-19 as well as two seminal U.S. Supreme Court rulings that protect gay and transgender employees from discrimination, and clarify the...more
7/20/2020
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Age Discrimination ,
Appeals ,
Ballots ,
Business Closures ,
CARES Act ,
Certification Requirements ,
City of Los Angeles ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Contact Tracing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Emergency Orders ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employee Retention ,
Employee Rights ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Foreign Workers ,
France ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
International Labor Laws ,
LGBTQ ,
Local Ordinance ,
Misclassification ,
NLRB ,
Notice Requirements ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Posting Requirements ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Rehiring Issues ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
Right of Recall ,
San Francisco ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
UK ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Unemployment Compensation System ,
Unlimited Benefits ,
Vacation Pay ,
Vicarious Liability
This edition of Employment Flash looks at developments in labor and employment law, including a Supreme Court ruling that Title VII’s charge-filing requirement is nonjurisdictional and new state legislation in New York,...more
8/1/2019
/ ABC Test ,
Affirmative Defenses ,
Amended Complaints ,
Charge-Filing Preconditions ,
Civil Rights Act ,
De Minimis Claims ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
EU ,
Faragher/Ellerth defense ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Forfeiture ,
Fort Bend County Texas v Davis ,
France ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Violence Acts ,
International Labor Laws ,
Jurisdictional Requirements ,
Mandatory Arbitration ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
NYHRL ,
Off-The-Clock ,
Pay Gap ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII ,
Transparency ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers ,
Work Schedules ,
Workplace Safety
As members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community (LGBT+) are increasingly open at work about their identities, circuit courts are recognizing that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects them from...more
4/26/2018
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Identity ,
LGBTQ ,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
Split of Authority ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Wrongful Termination
Stories of high-profile individuals in politics, media, entertainment and hospitality alleged to have engaged in sexual harassment, or worse, have been breaking at an unprecedented rate. In the wake of these allegations,...more
1/26/2018
/ #MeToo ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Complaint Procedures ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Faragher/Ellerth defense ,
Hostile Environment ,
Internal Investigations ,
Remedial Actions ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Supervisors ,
Title VII ,
Tone At The Top ,
Vicarious Liability
With employment discrimination charges at a 15-year high, employers are seeing a particular increase in claims brought by workers who are pregnant or caring for young children or aging parents. A 2010 report by the Center for...more