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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Attendance Policies, ADA May Be In EEOC's Crosshairs

No-fault attendance policies may be on a watchlist for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. A recent matter before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, EEOC v. Eberspaecher North America Inc.,...more

Smith Gambrell Russell

Use of Signal Jammer to Prevent Employees from Using their Phones at Work Results in FCC Fine

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While the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) previously upheld an employer policy that prohibited employee phone use at work for safety and security reasons, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) recently upheld...more

Jenner & Block

Do Your ESG Disclosures Need Leveling Up? Leading Video Game Company Faces SEC Investigation into Its Harassment and...

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Recent activity by two federal regulators underscores an increasingly obvious reality: when a company is confronted with harassment and discrimination complaints, government agencies will scrutinize its response and may bring...more

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Investigating Employee Harassment Claims in the Workplace

In the wake of the #MeToo Movement and as again recently seen in media headlines, sexual harassment continues to be a prevalent problem in today’s culture, and no employer is immune from the duty to prevent and resolve...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP’s New MOU with the EEOC Could Dramatically Change OFCCP’s Enforcement Program

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (“DOJ CRD”) executed and finalized on November 3,...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

OFCCP Investigates Companies For Diversity Hiring Plans

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Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) launched probes of two large companies, challenging their diversity initiatives to...more

Dentons

Health Law Quick Take: Pay During Administrative Leave

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Q: I placed an employee on administrative leave because there was a claim that she engaged in dependent adult abuse. We always place employees who have a claim of this type on leave pending a final determination by DIA/DHS....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Keep a Lid on It – The Trump NLRB Reaffirms Employer Ability to Enforce Investigative Confidentiality Rules

In Apogee Retail, 368 NLRB No. 144 (2019), the NLRB overruled the Obama Board’s decision in Banner Estrella Medical Center, 362 NLRB 1108 (2015) and held that investigative confidentiality rules that by their terms apply only...more

Cohen & Gresser LLP

Newsletter sociale - Octobre 2019

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Nous vous proposons, dans cette newsletter, de revenir sur les nouvelles règles applicables au détachement de salariés en France, issues de la loi Avenir professionnel du 5 septembre 2018, applicables pour la majeure partie...more

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Help! I Just Received a Charge of Discrimination. Now What? - Part 2 of 3

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In this three-part series, we are exploring best practices for handling a charge of discrimination. The first part of the series addressed important preliminary questions you should be asking upon initial receipt of the...more

Baker Donelson

Knock Knock, Who's There? The DOL Announces Renewed Focus on On-Site FMLA Investigations

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In April 2014, new FMLA Branch Chief Helen Applewhaite shed some light on the DOL's current enforcement initiatives. In particular, Applewhaite reiterated the DOL's renewed focus on conducting on-site compliance...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Utah Employment Law Update – Part 1

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In This Issue: • Social Media Screening • Handbooks and Policies • Investigations and Employee Discipline • Employment Covenants - Excerpt from Social Media Screening: Many states are enacting...more

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Be A Super Sleuth: Laying the Framework for Effective Workplace Investigations

Workplace investigations have become more important for reasons of productivity, personnel management, and litigation avoidance. Moreover, the range of matters that are the subject of investigations has become broader, and...more

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