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Eyes on Sacramento

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Employers, it is time, once again, to update your existing handbooks and employment policies. California enacted several new laws that will affect your business beginning Jan. 1, 2024. On the flip side, in a win for...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Reminder: San Francisco’s Family Friendly Workplace Amended Ordinance Takes Effect July 2022

On July 13, 2022, San Francisco’s amended Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance (FFWO) goes into effect. All employers who conduct business and have employees working in the City and County of San Francisco or employees who...more

Cozen O'Connor

Employment Law Now VI-116-Top 10 Employment Issues To Consider For The Summer Kick-Off

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As we approach the unofficial start to Summer 2022, today's new episode addresses the 10 issues that should be on the radar of all employers....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

EEOC Releases New Guidance on Caregivers

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released new guidance on caregivers, addressing potential issues that could result in discrimination claims against employers based on caregiver responsibilities. The...more

Fisher Phillips

Top 7 Takeaways from EEOC’s COVID-19 and Vaccine Webinar for Employers

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Employers need to be especially on guard for the possibility that they may be hit with a vaccine-related EEOC charge, given than nearly half of all pandemic-related charges filed with the agency since December involve a...more

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San Francisco Passes Amendments to Family-Friendly Workplace Ordinance

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The San Francisco Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance (FFWO) gives certain employees the right to request flexible or predictable work arrangements to assist with caregiving responsibilities. The San Francisco Board of...more

Cole Schotz

New EEOC Guidance Highlights Potential COVID-19 Caregiver Discrimination Claims

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On March 14, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued a new technical assistance document (the “Guidance”) addressing the interplay between existing federal employment discrimination principles...more

Stokes Wagner

California’s Pending Employment Laws Focus on Family

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In February 2022, California’s legislature introduced two family-focused bills that, if passed, would (1) require employers to provide bereavement leave to all employees upon the death of a family member (AB-1949) and (2) add...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday: Focus on Caregiver Discrimination, Harassment and Discrimination Protections in NY, Wage and Hour Budget -...

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This week, we look at the additional guidance the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued regarding caregivers. EEOC Focused on Caregiver Discrimination (see video attached) The COVID-19 pandemic...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

EEOC Caregiver Discrimination

On March 14, 2022 the EEOC issued new guidance regarding Caregiver Discrimination against employees or applicants who are caregivers, as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic. Note that this guidance supplements, but does not...more

Bowditch & Dewey

EEOC Issues Guidance Regarding COVID-19 Caregiver Discrimination

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The EEOC recently issued guidance regarding COVID-19 caregiver discrimination. This guidance reiterates previously-issued guidance (Enforcement Guidance: Unlawful Disparate Treatment of Workers with Caregiving...more

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San Francisco Passes Amendments to Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance

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San Francisco’s Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance was enacted in 2014 and provides employees with the right to request flexible or predictable work arrangements to assist with caregiving responsibilities. Initially, the...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Pending Legislation Would Expand Reasonable Accommodations to Employees and Applicants for “Family Responsibilities”

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Recently the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released new guidance regarding discrimination against employees with caregiving responsibilities for family members. California similarly has a pending bill,...more

Brooks Pierce

Discrimination Against Caregivers: New Guidance from the EEOC

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As many aspects of our lives return to “normal” after two years in the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals with caregiving responsibilities—for children, grandchildren, parents, partners or other family members—often remain in...more

Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP

EEOC Issues New Guidance on Caregiver Discrimination and the COVID-19 Pandemic

On March 14, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued guidance titled “The COVID-19 Pandemic and Caregiver Discrimination Under Federal Employment Discrimination Laws.” This guidance details the...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

EEOC Issues New Guidance On Caregiver Bias

With emphasis on the pandemic. On Monday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued updated guidance on “caregiver discrimination” in the workplace. The guidance emphasizes pandemic-related issues, but it is not...more

Miller Canfield

EEOC Issues Guidance on Caregiver Discrimination

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Key Takeaways: ..Caregiver discrimination is not by itself unlawful under federal or Michigan law, but it can be when it is based on protected characteristics. ..Employment decisions based on gender stereotypes are...more

Bailey & Glasser, LLP

Pandemic-Era Requests for Workplace Accommodations by Caregivers: Navigating Employer Liability under New EEOC Guidance and...

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On March 14, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new technical assistance guidance entitled “The COVID-19 Pandemic and Caregiver Discrimination Under Federal Employment Discrimination Laws.” In...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

New EEOC Technical Assistance Addresses Caregiver Discrimination

On March 14, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a technical assistance document, the COVID-19 Pandemic and Caregiver Discrimination Under Federal Employment Discrimination Laws, which...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

EEOC Releases New Guidance on COVID-related Caregiver Discrimination

On March 14, 2022, the EEOC released new guidance regarding caregiver discrimination and the COVID-19 pandemic, in light of many workplaces returning to in-person work. The new guidance supplements earlier guidance regarding...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

EEOC Releases Information On Caregiver Discrimination

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On March 14, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released several pieces of guidance aimed at addressing discrimination against caregivers, including: The technical assistance, available here,...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Employer, Audit Thyself!

Before the coming crackdown. We expect federal agencies under the Biden Administration to move in a not-so-employer-friendly direction as soon as they have a chance to get settled in. While they're still settling in, this...more

Payne & Fears

Antibody Tests Cannot be Required From Employees to Return to Work; Other New COVID-19 Guidance Issued

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its technical assistance guidance for employers. The new guidance explains that antibody tests cannot be required from employees to re-enter the workplace, addresses...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

EEOC Updates COVID-19 Guidance

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On June 11, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published updated information for employers navigating the various requirements regarding employee health screening, reasonable accommodations,...more

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EEOC Warns Against Age Discrimination And Other Workplace Concerns During Back-To-Business Push

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In its latest round of updates to a series of COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission just warned employers they cannot prevent older workers from returning to work even if they want...more

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