On March 27, 2020, the EEOC answered employers’ questions related to the intersection of COVID-19 with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Genetic Information and Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), the Age...more
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On August 6, 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) “overstepped its statutory authority” in issuing the “Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest...more
The EEOC released a “Notice of Reinstatement of Revised EEO-1: Pay Data Collection for Calendar Years 2017 and 2018.” We recently reported on the District of Columbia court’s decision in National Women’s Law Ctr. v. Office of...more
According to a federal court, employers subject to EEO-1 reporting requirements must submit the detailed pay data required by Component 2 no later than September 30, 2019. The data to be produced includes compensation and...more
On February 1, the EEOC announced that, due to the partial lapse in appropriations, the EEO-1 survey will open in early March with the deadline for submission of the report extended until May 31, 2019. The EEO-1 is an annual...more
Employers use job applications to seek information about conviction records. Criminal background checks are often performed before hiring an employee. Why? The reasons seem obvious, but unfortunately, how the information can...more
Federal contractors and subcontractors face significant challenges as the privilege of doing business with the federal government means more paperwork, more audits, and redrafting contract language and employment policies....more
A new Department of Labor rule defining “spouse” for purposes of the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) was to take effect March 27, 2015, but on March 26, a federal judge in Texas granted a preliminary injunction staying...more
Many employers erroneously believe that the National Labor Relations Act only applies to employers with union contracts. In recent years, the National Labor Relations Board seems to have had a public relations campaign to...more
In the EEOC’s Strategic Enforcement Plan for 2013-2016, the Commission has prioritized and committed to enhanced enforcement of equal pay laws to eliminate compensation systems and practices that discriminate based on gender....more
On March 8, 2013, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a revised I-9 Form. ...more