The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently announced its intent to update rules prohibiting sex discrimination by federal contractors and subcontractors. The OFCCP published a Notice of Proposed...more
In a closely watched decision, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) ruled today that workers must be permitted to use their employers’ e-mail systems for union organizing activity and all other communications about...more
In a closely watched case, a federal district court questioned the stance of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that a severance agreement and general release of claims offered to employees can violate...more
The Supreme Court of California recently found an employee’s waiver of the right to bring a class action against his former employer enforceable under state law. In the process, the court reversed its 2007 decision in Gentry...more
6/30/2014
In a decision with possibly far-reaching consequences, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently held that an employer may be required to grant a telecommuting request as a reasonable accommodation under the...more
Negotiators empaneled by the U.S. Department of Education (Department) recently reached consensus on several preliminary campus safety rules that should be published in the coming months under the Campus Sexual Violence...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued proposed rules and regulations which, if adopted, will dramatically change the process for representation case petitions and pre-election procedures. Referred to by critics...more
A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) recently found that a policy of Whole Foods Markets, Inc., prohibiting employees from recording conversations in the workplace did not violate the...more
Three federal agencies recently publicized a joint agency letter that was sent to schools of medicine, dentistry, and nursing and other health-related schools about what the agencies perceive as potential discrimination...more
On May 7, 2013, employers must begin using a new version of Form I-9 published by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to verify the identity and authorization of their employees to work in the United States....more
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published a new version of Form I-9, the form used by employers to verify the identity and authorization of their employees to work in the United States. Employers may...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached an agreement with Lesley University of Cambridge, Massachusetts, under which Lesley agreed to modify its food services and meal plan system to accommodate students with celiac...more
12/28/2012
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The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the Department of Labor (DOL) agency charged with enforcing affirmative action and equal employment opportunity requirements imposed on certain federal contractors...more