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The Burr Morning Show: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
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The Burr Broadcast: EEOC Strategic Enforcement Plan
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 2: Labor Dispute Mediations with Drew Rogers, Senior Federal Mediator with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Part 2
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 1: Labor Dispute Mediations with Drew Rogers, Senior Federal Mediator with the EEOC
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“The rock and the hard place.” How often do employers find themselves here? If employers have LGBTQ employees in certain states, they are now bumping up against the “rock” of federal laws, like Title VII and Title IX, and the...more
Settles Federal Charges That Nationwide Retailer Permitted Hostile Work Environment For Female Employee - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Walmart Inc., a nationwide retailer of groceries and other goods, agreed to pay $30,000 and...more
Data from 2022 portends a monumental year ahead for Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) litigation and enforcement. Plaintiffs are filing class-based-employment claims in higher numbers than ever, and class actions involving...more
This week, we focus on what can be learned from the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission’s (EEOC’s) fiscal year (FY) 2021 filings as employers continue to navigate COVID-19 in the months ahead. EEOC: Back in Enforcement...more
Restaurant Fired Employee After She Reported Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charged - TAMPA, Fla. – Chipotle Services LLC, doing business as Chipotle Mexican Grill, a Mexican-style fast food chain, has agreed to pay...more
Agreement Resolves Claims of Sexual Harassment and Retaliation - LOS ANGELES - Sierra Creative Systems, Inc., doing business as Addressers, a Paramount, Calif.-based printing, mailing and fulfillment company, has agreed...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On February 10, 2020, the EEOC released its first-ever Annual Performance Report (“APR”) for Fiscal Year 2019 (see here). The APR is an analysis of the EEOC’s litigation goals and performance results, and...more
Employers paid out a record $68.2 million to those alleging sexual harassment violations through the EEOC in 2019, shattering the all-time record by over $10 million and reminding us all that the #MeToo movement continues to...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The EEOC recently released its enforcement and litigation statistics for Fiscal Year 2019. Notably, the statistics indicate that 2019 saw the lowest number of charges filed in over 20 years, though there...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The third key trend from our 16th Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report involves governmental enforcement litigation, including an overview of priorities and filings by the EEOC, the U.S....more
Since the start of fiscal year 2020 (October 1, 2019-September 30, 2020), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has recovered more than $25 million in monetary relief and secured substantial equitable remedies from...more
Restaurants Allowed Employees to Harass Male and Female Workers, Federal Agency Charges - SAN JOSE, Calif. - Carmel restaurants owned and operated by JCFB, Inc. agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a federal sexual harassment...more
Pilot Repeatedly Posted Sexually Explicit Photos of a Flight Attendant To Websites for Years, Federal Agency Charged - SAN ANTONIO, Texas - United Airlines, Inc., a Chicago-headquartered international airline operating in...more
Goldman Sachs is reportedly in negotiations with federal prosecutors to resolve claims about its role in the Malaysian 1MDB scandal for upwards of $2 billion. A settlement—which “could include a guilty plea from Goldman’s...more
Agency Commends Employer for Working Cooperatively With the EEOC on Harassment Prevention and Accountability - SAN FRANCISCO - Uber Technologies, Inc. has entered into a nationwide agreement to strengthen its business...more
Female Restaurant Servers Were Harassed and Then Retaliated Against, Federal Agency Charged - SAN DIEGO - Fairbanks Ranch Country Club, Inc., one of two entities the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...more
Female Manager Repeatedly Propositioned and Touched Young, Male Employee, Then Retaliated When He Complained, Federal Agency Alleged - SAN JOSE, CA. - Fast-food chain Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. and its subsidiary...more
Female Manager and Two Female Employees at Mushroom Farm Sexually Harassed Multiple Female Workers, Federal Agency Charged - READING, Pa. - Bisconti Farms, Inc. and Bisconti Management, Inc. (collectively, "Bisconti...more
Restaurant Tolerated a Sexually Hostile Work Environment, Federal Agency Charges - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Pei Wei Asian Diner, LLC, doing business as Pei Wei Fresh Kitchen in Little Rock Ark., violated federal law when it...more
Company Failed to Stop a Male Manager's Harassment of Female Employee, Federal Agency Charges - ATLANTA - Caribbean Farmers Market, a Decatur, Ga, supermarket, will pay $25,000 and provide other significant relief to...more
Owner of Snappers Sports Bar and Grill Created Sexually Charged Environment, Forcing Employees to Quit, Federal Agency Charged - HONOLULU, Hawaii - A federal court has ordered the owners of a Waikiki Beach sports bar and...more
Concrete Contractor Fired Worker after He Complained about Assault, Federal Agency Says - BALTIMORE - Baltimore County-based Bay Country Professional Concrete violated federal law when it subjected a male concrete...more
Head Chef Sexually Harassed Two Female Employees, Federal Agency Charges - BUFFALO - Green Lantern Inn, Inc., doing business as Mr. Dominic's on Main in Rochester, violated federal law by subjecting two female employees to...more
Companies' Owner Subjected a Female Employee to Sexual Harassment, Then Fired Her for Complaining, Federal Agency Charges - SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Desert Truss, Inc., an Arizona-based construction supplies manufacturer, and...more
Owner Fired Employee Who Rebuffed His Advances and Complained, Federal Agency Charges - PHOENIX, Ariz. - Rainbow Tree LLC, doing business as Persian Room Fine Dining in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz., violated federal law when...more