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Groff v. DeJoy and Its Impact on Religious Accommodation

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 12/27/2023

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against employees and applicants on the basis of religion (as well as race, color, sex, and national origin), and it...more

EEOC Sues LAZ Parking for National Origin Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/28/2018

Parking Company Laid Off Workers Based on National Origin, Federal Agency Says - BALTIMORE - LAZ Parking, the second largest parking company in the United States, violated federal law when it terminated three long-time...more

EEOC Sues Metairie Dry Cleaner for Discrimination and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/10/2018

Marion's Cleaners Fired Hispanic Employee for Opposing Verbal and Physical Abuse Based on Her Race and National Origin, Agency Says - NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans-based Mariam Enterprises, doing business as Marion's Cleaners...more

SLS Hotel to Pay $2.5 Million To Settle EEOC Race, Color, National Origin Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/31/2018

Hotel Fired Employees Based on Race, Color, and National Origin, Federal Agency Charged - MIAMI - The SLS Hotel, operated by hotel, restaurant and nightlife company called "sbe", will pay $2.5 million and provide other...more

Best Buy and EEOC Reach Agreement to Resolve Discrimination Charge

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 6/7/2018

Major Retail Chain's Personality Tests Adversely Impacted Applicants Based on Race and National Origin, Federal Agency Charged - CLEVELAND - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Best Buy, a...more

CVS Caremark Corporation and EEOC Reach Agreement to Resolve Discrimination Charge

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 6/7/2018

Federal Agency Charged Drugstore Chain's Personality Tests Had Negative Impact on Jobseekers Based on Race and National Origin - CLEVELAND - CVS Caremark Corporation, a nationwide retail pharmacy and health care company...more

Full Eleventh Circuit Declines to Revisit Meaning of Race Under Title VII

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 12/14/2017

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits race discrimination in employment, but it does not define what race means. Over the past decade, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has shifted its definition of...more

Tick, Tock….The EEOC Runs Out The Clock – Fiscal Year 2017 Marks A Last Minute Return To Frantic Filing

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/2/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: With uncertain times and profound changes anticipated for the EEOC, employers anxiously await what enforcement litigation the EEOC has in store. Although 2016 showed a marked decline in filings, fiscal year...more

EEOC Sues Maritime Autowash for Race And national Origin Discrimination and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/29/2017

Car Wash Subjected Hispanic Workers to 'Separate and Unequal' Wages and Working Conditions, Federal Agency Charges - BALTIMORE - Maritime Autowash, Inc. violated federal law when it subjected a class of workers to a...more

Is Robert Lee A Victim Of National Origin Discrimination?

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 8/25/2017

Is it national origin discrimination for your employer to remove you from a work assignment because your name is the same as that of a long-deceased Anglo-American who is currently out of favor? Robert Lee, sports announcer...more

Champion Fiberglass Sued by EEOC for Systemic Race and National Origin Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/21/2017

Federal Agency Charges Local Company Engaged in Practices That Unlawfully Discriminated Against Non-Hispanic Applicants - HOUSTON - Champion Fiberglass, Inc., a Houston-area manufacturing company, violated federal...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

New Rule On Unfair Immigration-Related Employment Practices Effective January 18, 2017

Baker Donelson on 1/3/2017

On December 19, 2016, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a final rule that revises the DOJ’s regulations implementing certain provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) related to to unfair immigration...more

A Review of the EEOC's Systemic Initiative: Tracking its Progress, Current Priorities, and Key Developments in FY 2016

Littler on 12/16/2016

On November 16, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its annual Performance and Accountability Report, which highlights key EEOC developments over the past fiscal year, ending September 30,...more

EEOC Updates Guidance on National Origin Discrimination

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 12/15/2016

As we observed, the heated tone of the recent presidential election poses unprecedented challenges for employers attempting to manage employee interactions in the workplace, especially when issues related to immigration and...more

EEOC Issues Enforcement Guidance on National Origin Discrimination

Littler on 11/30/2016

On November 21, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued enforcement guidance addressing national origin discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”). The EEOC...more

EEOC Updates Strategic Enforcement Plan

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 11/8/2016

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently approved revisions to its 2017-2021 Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP). The SEP provides employers with an indication of where the agency will concentrate...more

DOJ Guidance on Navigating between a Rock – Export Controls – and a Hard Place – Employment Nondiscrimination

BakerHostetler on 5/2/2016

U.S. companies, particularly defense and other high-tech companies, have long faced challenges of how to comply with both the deemed export rule, which may require employment discrimination in very limited circumstances, and...more

Retailers Should Review I-9 Processes in Light of Recent DOJ Settlement

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/21/2015

Late last month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement agreement with a large clothing retailer to resolve claims that the company discriminated against a non-U.S. citizen in violation of the federal...more

California Employment Law Update: What’s New for 2015?

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 12/3/2014

The California Legislature was unusually active this year. Significantly, California introduced mandatory paid sick live, created new “unfair immigration-related practices” and expanded potential liability for employers who...more

Immigration Alert: September 2014

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/22/2014

Sixth Circuit Expands the Liability of Health Care Employers for Sponsorship Costs - On August 20, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued its decision in Kutty v. U.S. Department of Labor, No....more

Four Hawaii Farms to Pay $2.4 Million to Thai Workers to Settle EEOC National Origin and Retaliation Employment Discrimination...

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 6/5/2014

Additional Relief in the Form of Job Offers and Other Benefits Will Be Offered to Vulnerable Thai Laborers, Says Federal Agency - LOS ANGELES - Three years after filing suit against farm labor contractor Global...more

What is at will employment law?

Jaburg Wilk on 11/21/2013

Phoenix Business law firm Jaburg Wilk's employment law attorney Kraig Marton discusses at will employment, various types of employment cases, types of discrimination and how employment cases are assessed....more

DACA Program Raises Questions For Employers In The I-9 Process

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/12/2013

Companies must balance countervailing mandates under immigration law: verifying employment eligibility while not discriminating unlawfully. With the recent implementation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)...more

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