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DE Under 3: EEOC’s Settlement with the SSA is a Cautionary Tale for Private Sector Employers & Federal Government Contractors
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Employment Law Now VIII-142 - Federal Agency Update (Part 1 of 2)
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The Burr Morning Show: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
DE Under 3: Biden "Hits the Brakes" on Non-Defense Discretionary Budgets for Federal Agencies in FY 2025 Budget Proposal
DE Under 3: Big Budget Opponents Again Stop a Final Federal FY 2024 Budget, Congress Keeps Agency Spending to FY 2023 Levels
The Burr Broadcast: EEOC Strategic Enforcement Plan
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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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Employers must take notice that the United State Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is cracking down on companies that discriminate against workers because they have a mental health condition. Mental health...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Senate has confirmed Karla Gilbride as the EEOC’s General Counsel, following an almost two and a half year vacancy. As GC, Gilbride is poised to make her mark on the EEOC’s litigation program by...more
These six will get the EEOC's attention in 2024-28. Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its Strategic Enforcement Plan for 2024-28. Strategic Enforcement Plans provide a helpful preview of...more
On Tuesday January 10, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) publicly released its Draft Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP”) for fiscal years 2023-2027. The SEP describes the EEOC’s top enforcement...more
In recent years, employers have begun to use artificial intelligence, machine learning, algorithms, and other automated systems or technologies (“AI Technologies”) to recruit and hire employees and make other employment...more
On January 10, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published a draft Strategic Enforcement Plan (“SEP”) in the Federal Register. In it, the EEOC outlines the enforcement priorities that will guide its...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s edition,...more
Government Contractor Prohibited Employees From Taking Their Disability-Related Medications, Federal Agency Charges - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Army Sustainment, LLC violated federal law when it required employees to discontinue...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
Travel and Entertainment Provider Failed to Address EEO Complaints, Federal Agency Charges - LAS VEGAS - The Miami-based travel and entertainment company Entertainment Benefits Group (EBG) has settled sexual harassment...more
Blood Collection Company Fired Employees with Disabilities for Needing Additional Time Off, Federal Agency Charges - HONOLULU, Hawaii - Blood Bank of Hawaii, a non-profit blood collection company, will pay $175,000 to...more
Telecommunications Company Fired Employee While Out on Leave for Cancer Surgery, Federal Agency Charged - LOS ANGELES - Time Warner Cable, Inc. and Charter Communications, Inc. agreed to pay $99,500 and provide other...more
Retail Poultry Product Provider Fired Employee With a Disability Who Needed Leave for Medical Treatment, Federal Agency Charged - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, a leading provider of retail poultry...more
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported significant increases in its outreach efforts and enforcement actions to prevent and remedy unlawful employment discrimination during fiscal year...more
Company Used Unlawful Leave and "100% Healed" Policies to Deny Accommodations and Fire Disabled Employees, Lawsuit Alleges - NEW ORLEANS-Imperial Trading Company, LLC, a wholesale distributor which supplies convenience...more
Communication Company's Inflexible Leave and Attendance Policies Deny Employees Reasonable Accommodations, Federal Agency Charges - HONOLULU, Hawaii - Oceanic Time Warner Cable LLC, doing business as Spectrum, violated...more
Dairy Forbade Employees With Disabilities From Parking in Spots Reserved for That Purpose, Federal Agency Charged - BALTIMORE - Cloverland Farms Dairy, the major milk producer in the Baltimore/Washington market, will pay...more
Tool Manufacturer Fired Employee Who Needed Leave for Medical Treatment, Federal Agency Says - BALTIMORE - Stanley Black & Decker Inc., a global diversified industrial company, violated federal law when it terminated an...more
Company's Strict Enforcement of 180-Day Maximum Leave and Attendance Policies Disadvantages Workers With Disabilities, Federal Agency Says - LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced...more
Lifestyle Clothing Retailer Refuses to Hire Applicant in Wheelchair, Federal Agency Charges - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Pacific Sunwear of California (PacSun), a leading specialty retailer that sells casual apparel,...more
Los Angeles Cajun Restaurant and Nightclub Denied Pregnant Servers Work, Federal Agency Charges - LOS ANGELES - LA Louisanne, Inc., a Los Angeles restaurant and jazz night club, will pay $82,500 and furnish other relief...more
Home Care Company Refused to Hire Home Caregiver It Perceived as Disabled, Federal Agency Says - BALTIMORE - M&R Consulting, LLC, a Towson, Md,-based home care agency doing business as Home Instead Senior Care, violated...more
Company Refused to Hire Qualified Applicant Because He Is Deaf, Federal Agency Said - BALTIMORE -- Capstone Logistics LLC, a Norcross, Ga.-based manufacturing and distribution company, will pay $50,000 and provide...more
Ever wonder why the severance agreement that I (or your other favorite employment lawyer) send you says “nothing in this Agreement prevents Employee from filing a charge with the EEOC” (or words to that effect)? I mean, isn’t...more
DENVER - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and The Coleman Company, Inc. have reached a voluntary conciliation agreement to resolve allegations of disability discrimination raised by a former employee,...more