Biometric Information, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title VII

The EEOC’s New Guidance on Wearable Tech: What Employers Need to Know

Conn Maciel Carey LLP on 2/10/2025

Last year, many of our clients began asking us about the feasibility of requiring or, at the very least, providing their employees with the option of using “wearable technology” in the workplace. As wearable technologies...more

Biometric Screening Can Result in ADA, Title VII Claims

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 1/19/2024

An increasing number of employers are expressing interest in using biometric technology in the workplace. For example, a company concerned that employees are clocking one another in and out of work could implement retinal...more

Busy Inside the Beltway: Recent Activity by the DOL, EEOC, NLRB and FTC

BCLP on 6/8/2023

Federal agencies responsible for employment-related matters have been busy in recent weeks issuing guidance, updated workplace posters, and more. Let’s get caught up...more

Biometrics and AI in the Workplace: Boon or Bane?

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 10/12/2022

Technology has brought efficiency into the workplace, but not without legal risk. Employers are increasingly tasking technology to assist with human resource functions, security, and workplace monitoring, all of which can...more

Class Action Trends Report Spring 2018

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/2/2018

Below is the latest issue of the Jackson Lewis Class Action Trends Report. This report is published on a quarterly basis by our firm’s class action practice group in conjunction with Wolters Kluwer. We hope you will find...more

The Antichrist at Work: 4th Circuit Affirms Judgment Against Employer for Failing to Accommodate Employee’s Religious Belief...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/16/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: In EEOC v. Consol Energy, Inc., the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a judgment against an employer for failing to accommodate an employee’s religious belief that a biometric hand scanner would tag...more