On April 29, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a long-anticipated update to its enforcement guidance on harassment in the workplace. The update comes almost 25 years after EEOC last...more
On April 17, 2024, the Supreme Court decided that employees do not need to suffer “significant” harm to state a claim of discrimination under Title VII. In so ruling, the Court rejected a level of proof as to harm that many...more
On May 28, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) provided its first comprehensive update of its guidance since December 2020 (before COVID-19 vaccinations were broadly available) regarding COVID-19. ...more
6/1/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Incentive Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
GINA ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Title VII ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
On December 16, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued much-anticipated guidance to employers considering COVID-19 vaccination programs for their employees as to their obligations under federal civil...more
12/18/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
GINA ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Title VII ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a proposed rule addressing conciliation based on the various laws it enforces, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities...more
10/12/2020
/ ADEA ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Comment Period ,
Conciliation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
GINA ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Title VII
Introduction -
Many employers are hopeful that a vaccine for COVID-19 will be the silver bullet that will enable employers to return to some semblance of a pre-COVID workplace. Assuming a vaccine is developed, can an...more
9/18/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Free Speech ,
Infectious Diseases ,
NLRA ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Title VII ,
Vaccinations
This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2019 (hereafter “Report”), our ninth annual publication, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not...more
3/6/2020
/ Civil Rights Act ,
EEO-1 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour
This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2017, our seventh annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not merely summarize case...more
2/28/2018
/ ADEA ,
Age Discrimination ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Big Data ,
Civil Rights Act ,
EEO-1 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Government Investigations ,
Harassment ,
LGBTQ ,
Mediation ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
While EEO compliance remains an important objective for the employer community, minimizing the risk of facing a harassment claim has become a top priority. The weekly, and sometimes daily, headlines of new harassment...more
1/31/2018
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Corporate Culture ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Harassment ,
Hostile Environment ,
Risk Management ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Title VII ,
Tone At The Top
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
2/27/2017
/ Age Discrimination ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Class Action ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Conciliation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disability ,
Discovery ,
Discrimination ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
GINA ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Trafficking ,
Injunctive Relief ,
LGBTQ ,
Medical Records ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Race Discrimination ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Retaliation ,
Retirement ,
Settlement ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Small Business ,
Technology ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Transparency ,
Voir Dire ,
Wages ,
Wellness Programs
In this Report:
- Introduction
- Reflections On Fifty Years Of Title Vii Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 And Unsettled Issues Involving Systemic Claims And Class-Based Litigation By The EEOC
- Overview...more
In EEOC v. Mach Mining, LLC, the Seventh Circuit became the first federal circuit to foreclose an employer's ability to use the implied affirmative defense that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) failed to...more
In March 2010, an employer successfully persuaded the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to concede its disparate impact discrimination lawsuit against the employer based on its criminal record screening policies...more
6/17/2013
/ Background Checks ,
Consumer Reports ,
Credit History ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Criminal Records ,
Discrimination ,
Disparate Impact ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Investigations ,
Title VII