The New EEOC Guidelines on Workplace Harassment
What's the Tea in L&E? Supervisor Liability: What Managers Need To Know
DOL’s Expanded Overtime Salary Limits, EEOC’s Sexual Harassment Guidance, NY’s Mandatory Paid Prenatal Leave - Employment Law This Week®
What's the Tea in L&E? One Time Too Many: What is “Severe” Conduct?
Effective Harassment Trainings: Best Approaches With Insights from NCIS — Hiring to Firing Podcast
What's the Tea in L&E? Truth Hurts or Rumors? Lizzo’s Harassment Allegations Serve As A Good Reminder
Middle East Conflict Impact on the Healthcare Workplace: An HR Perspective
#WorkforceWednesday: Major Updates to New York State’s Model Sexual Harassment Prevention Policy - Employment Law This Week®
Predatory Behavior Alleged Against OSHA Addressed During Orange County Board of Education Board Meeting Led by Greg Rolen
The Speak Out Act and Compliance Programs
#WorkforceWednesday: Speak Out Act Takes Effect, Enhanced Data Privacy Obligations for California Employers, and SEC Releases Whistleblower Annual Report - Employment Law This Week®
Consensual With Consequences: Breaking Company Policies Without Breaking the Law
Burr Broadcast September 20, 2022
#WorkforceWednesday: Return-to-Work Behavior Policies, U.S. Soccer's Landmark Agreement, and Board Diversity in California - Employment Law This Week®
Hot Spots in Employment Law 2022
#WorkforceWednesday: New Law on Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Claims, Cyber War Ramps Up, Salaried Nonexempt Status - Employment Law This Week®
Employment Law Now VI-114-Banning Arbitration of Sexual Harassment/Assault Claims
Update and Discussion on Legal and Practical Issues
DE Under 3: OFCCP Contractor Portal & Request for Comments for Functional Affirmative Action Programs (FAAPs)
Labor & Employment Symposium - Topic: Taking a Deeper Dive into Enhanced Sexual Harassment Laws in Texas
On June 14, 2024, the Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA) released a framework for changes within National Institutes of Health (NIH) and asked for public input....more
On January 25, 2024, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD – see Note 1) announced new draft guidelines titled “Guidelines on Harassment in the Workplace” (the “Draft Guidelines”). The Draft Guidelines are...more
The EEOC recently published its long-awaited proposal to update the agency’s Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, the first update to this crucial document in over 30 years. The proposed guidance, released on...more
On Sept. 29, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued proposed updated workplace harassment guidance (the “Proposed EEOC Guidance”) for the first time since 1999. The Proposed EEOC Guidance, which is...more
On October 2, 2023, the Equal Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) formally published its proposed “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace” (the “Proposed Guidance”)....more
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the U.S. Department of Education released for public comment its long-awaited proposed amendments to the civil rights law. These proposed...more
On June 23, 2022, the Department of Education issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would alter obligations to address sex discrimination that affects employees and students, including sexual harassment,...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more
Dive into this week's episode for a recap on OFCCP's federal contractor portal, the on-going minimum wage saga, the request for comments for expanded functional affirmative action plans (FAAP) regulations and more....more
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 1 (January 2020) - ? A man from Richland, Washington, is facing life in prison after being convicted of 47 counts of fraud for staging clinical trials that purportedly enrolled dozens of...more
Welcome to the fourth quarter edition of SuperVision, the e-newsletter from Spilman Thomas & Battle's Labor & Employment Law Group. Just as we were going to press, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") issued two...more
School administrators may want to find time over the upcoming holiday season to review the proposed regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Education governing sexual misconduct. While the proposed regulations are open...more
• The U.S. Department of Education (Department) on Nov. 16, 2018 proposed sweeping changes to the regulations implementing Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sexual harassment and sex discrimination. • The newly...more
On November 16, 2018, more than a year after rescinding Obama administration era Title IX subregulatory guidance on colleges’ and universities’ obligations under Title IX, the United States Department of Education published...more
The Department of Education has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making to amend the federal regulations governing Title IX compliance. The proposed rules would replace prior guidance and represent a radically different...more
The United States Department of Education released its new proposed Title IX regulations addressing sexual harassment (including sexual assault) today. ...more
Continuing its aggressive measures to combat workplace sexual harassment, on August 23, the New York State Department of Labor issued for public comment a draft sexual harassment training program, a checklist of minimum...more
• On August 23, 2018, New York State issued FAQs and other draft guidance regarding the recently passed New York State anti-sexual harassment laws. • Firms must implement new anti-sexual harassment policies by October 9,...more
On Thursday, August 23, 2018, New York State released draft model sexual harassment materials in preparation for October 9, 2018 employer compliance with its new sexual harassment laws, discussed in detail in a previous blog...more
The State of New York is seeking comments on draft guidance from employers on mandatory sexual harassment prevention policies and annual employee training. Effective October 9, 2018, New York employers will be required to...more
Earlier this year, in response to the #MeToo movement, New York State passed several new laws aimed at expanding employee awareness of sexual harassment. ...more
Late last week and in anticipation of the October 9, 2018 deadline for compliance with the statewide sexual harassment prevention mandate (the “Mandate”), New York Labor Law § 201-g, New York State released a model policy,...more
The New York State Department of Labor (DOL), in consultation with the New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR), has released drafts of its model sexual harassment prevention policy, complaint form, and harassment...more
Employers in New York have been eagerly awaiting the state’s anticipated model sexual harassment training and policies ever since the state passed significant new sexual harassment laws back in April. That day has finally...more
As we have previously reported, pursuant to provisions of the state budget signed into law this past April, effective October 9, 2018, all New York State employers will be required to adopt written sexual harassment...more