Discrimination, Complaint Procedures

The State AG Report – 8.8.2024

Cozen O'Connor on 8/12/2024

Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Pennsylvania and Oklahoma AGs Launch Air Travel Complaint...more

Sixth Circuit Decision Provides Guidance on Properly Managing Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Complaints

Bodman on 3/11/2022

A recent Sixth Circuit reported decision provides guidance for employers on the corrective actions necessary to respond to employee harassment allegations under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act....more

Dear YouDig? Design Builder - Style Points

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC on 7/13/2021

Dear YouDig? We are a design builder with jobs throughout Ohio and the Midwest. We have noticed an increase in workplace discrimination and hostility on many of the jobs we are running. This is definitely not our style...more

Revamping Your Anti-Harassment Programs

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/10/2018

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, I have clients wanting to know what they can do both to improve their workplace and protect themselves. They all have good policies and regularly train supervisors and employees on them. So...more

Call Me, Maybe? Court Rules that Phone Call to OSHA Constitutes Filing of Whistleblower Complaint

Fisher Phillips on 7/16/2018

It might sound crazy, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) may now be receiving whistleblower complaints over the phone. This follows a recent ruling from a federal court in Wisconsin, which made it...more

Shorter May Be Better: Adapting To The EEOC’s New Position Statement Procedures

BakerHostetler on 3/25/2016

You’ve seen the headlines — the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) is changing the way Position Statements are handled during the course of an investigation – but what does it mean and is it really that big of a...more

#damonsplaining — Matt Damon can do it, but you can’t

FordHarrison on 10/7/2015

Actor Matt Damon sure has had an up and down past few weeks. First, Damon made some questionable comments on HBO’s Project Greenlight, a documentary developed by Damon himself (along with some famous friends including buddy...more

Workplace Investigations

Snell & Wilmer on 7/9/2015

If you are an employer or HR professional and have not had to conduct a workplace discrimination investigation, consider yourself lucky, or possibly naïve. At some point every employer will be confronted with the employee...more

New York State Passes Campus Sexual Assault Law

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 6/24/2015

On June 17, 2015, the New York State Legislature passed legislation governing how colleges and universities address sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking. The governor is expected to sign it...more

New EEOC Report Identifies Common Errors by Federal Agencies in Dismissing Discrimination Complaints on Procedural Grounds

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/16/2014

One-Third of Agency Dismissals Are Reversed and Remanded by EEOC - WASHINGTON - As part of its continuing efforts to improve the federal sector complaint process, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...more

OFCCP Seeks Comments On Discrimination Complaint Form

Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 2/10/2014

OFCCP is seeking public comment its form for individual complaints of discrimination and retaliation. An employee or applicant of a federal contractor may file a complaint of discrimination or retaliation with the OFCCP. The...more

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