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What Construction Firm Employers Should Do Right Now to Minimize Legal Risk of Discrimination and Harassment Lawsuits

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/17/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: In June 2024, Seyfarth published a blog article warning construction industry employers of recent anti-harassment guidelines issued by the EEOC. We predicted that the EEOC has “put the construction...more

EEOC Sues Waste Industries and GFL Environmental, Inc. for Sex Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/26/2023

Waste Industries Unlawfully Refused to Hire Qualified Applicants for Driver Positions Because of Their Sex, Federal Agency Charges - ATLANTA – Waste Industries U.S.A., LLC, TransWaste Services, LLC, Waste Industries...more

Employment News: sexual harassment, bereavement leave, disability

Hogan Lovells on 1/27/2020

Continuing focus on sexual harassment - The EHRC has published technical guidance on sexual harassment and harassment at work, while the Government Equalities Office launched a survey on people's experience of sexual...more

Oregon Aims to Prevent Harassment with the Workplace Protection Act

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 6/19/2019

Employees in Oregon have greater protections against workplace harassment thanks to the recently-passed Workplace Protection Act (the “Act”), which would prohibit requiring nondisclosure agreements for employees or applicants...more

Court Confirms Employer Can Be Liable For Harassment By Non-Employee

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/11/2019

Faced with a question not yet addressed by the Third Circuit, a federal judge in Pennsylvania found an employer, as well as individual managers, may be held liable for an employee’s claim of a hostile work environment based...more

EEOC Sues Porous Materials for Sexual, Racial, And Anti-Immigrant Harassment and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/18/2018

Owner and Plant Manager Bullied Employees, Then Fired Employee Who Complained, Federal Agency Charges - NEW YORK - Porous Materials, Inc. (PMI), an Ithaca, N.Y.-based operator and manufacturer of testing equipment for...more

What Was The EEOC Up To This Year? Takeaways From 2017

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/27/2017

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s fiscal year ended on Sept. 30, 2017 and it has released its yearly "Performance and Accountability Report." Although this is a look back, it provides insight on what is...more

Matt Lauer Too? Unlike Cats, VIPs No Longer Have Nine Lives

Carlton Fields on 11/30/2017

Accusers of Harvey Weinstein were catalysts for an important national dialogue on sexual harassment. Weinstein’s company reportedly knew of his behavior and settled multiple harassment claims against the former mogul. By all...more

EEOC Sues Candid Lithio for Sex Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/9/2017

Female Employee Subjected to Sex Discrimination and Discharged Along with Co-Workers Associated with Her, Federal Agency Charges - LAS VEGAS - Candid Lithio, a creative design services company violated federal law when...more

Part 1 of 2: My Sit-Down Interview With Former EEOC General Counsel David Lopez

Cozen O'Connor on 7/20/2017

Michael Schmidt, Vice Chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, discusses current employment law news, trends, developments and guest analysis. This episode presents the first of two parts of a timely and...more

Web Exclusive: The Changing Face Of Discrimination

Fisher Phillips on 6/9/2017

As all hospitality employers know, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of “sex.” However, the statute does not specifically mention sexual orientation or gender identity. What does...more

Circuit Split: Expansion of Title VII Protections and Sexual Orientation as a Subset of a Protected Class

Baker Donelson on 5/25/2017

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Title VII has been supplemented via legislative action to also prohibit discrimination due to...more

Annual Report on EEOC Developments – Fiscal Year 2016

Littler on 2/27/2017

This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2016 (hereafter “Report”), our sixth annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not...more

Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: February 2017 #3

Zelle LLP on 2/21/2017

Over the weekend, a female Uber employee published a blog post that accuses the company of systemic sex discrimination and harassment. Uber quickly reacted, hiring former Attorney General Eric Holder to perform an “urgent...more

Courts are Trending Toward Prohibiting Sexual Orientation Discrimination under Federal Law

Franczek P.C. on 12/5/2016

Two recent court decisions highlight the ongoing struggle by federal courts to determine whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation....more

Straight From The Source: EEOC’s 10 Hottest Litigation Trends

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 10/30/2015

Last week I heard David Lopez, General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, speak about EEOC litigation developments at the annual North Carolina/South Carolina Labor and Employment Law conference....more

That is SO last week - September 2015 #2

Zelle LLP on 9/15/2015

Last week, Ellen Pao withdrew the appeal in her sex discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins. The Pao v. Kleiner Perkins trial captivated Silicon Valley as it sought to spotlight all-male company ski trips and double...more

Is Sexual Orientation Now a Protected Class?

Miller & Martin PLLC on 7/20/2015

In our June 26 alert regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's same-sex marriage decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, we said we would continue to keep you posted regarding new developments in this area of the law. Some of you may...more

Sex Stereotyping, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, And Federal Law – Crazy-Mixed-Up Right Now

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 7/25/2014

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act is dead again, so there isn’t a federal law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. Is there any federal law on same-sex harassment or discrimination? If so, what is it?...more

Rampant Sexual Misconduct in Indiana Prison Shows Pitfalls for Employers

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/23/2014

Believe it or not, this is not a scene from the new season of Orange is the New Black. It’s actually the opening lines from Orton-Bell v. Indiana, No. 13-1235 (7th Cir. July 21, 2014), an opinion authored by Judge Manion, and...more

California Court Upholds Arbitration Agreement

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 1/14/2013

Maribel Baltazar sued her former employer, Forever 21, Inc., alleging she was constructively discharged and subjected to discrimination and harassment based on her race and sex....more

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