Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the number of religious-discrimination complaints against employers has gone up by 67%.  To address that, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued new guidelines for employers on what’s considered a “religion” and what an employer’s obligations are for accommodating employees’ religious observations.

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Tags: discrimination, eeoc, equal employment opportunity commission, religion

The ADA Amendments Act recently signed by President Bush contains some confusing demands for HR managers and their employers. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has admitted that and is offering guidelines to help you cut through the confusion. 

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Ruling in a case involving FedEx, a federal court said if the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission wants to look at your hiring and personnel records, you have to open up those records.

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Tags: bias, eeoc, equal employment opportunity commission

September 30 is the deadline date for some employers filing an EEO-1 Report with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Here’s help with doing a last-minute check to make sure your report complies with EEOC rules. 

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a new hiring guide for following the rules of the Americans with Disabilities Act. 

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This month, Congress will consider the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA) as an update to the Equal Pay Act that was signed into law more than 40 years ago.  If the PFA passes, employers will be subject to some new key mandates — not to mention tougher penalties for violations.

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Tags: eeoc, Equal Pay Act, Paycheck Fairness Act, PFA

Responding to confusion about how religious beliefs affect days off , dress codes and other at-work issues, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has put together new guidelines for employers on how to treat employee requests involving religious observances.

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Tags: eeoc, equal employment opportunity commission, religious beliefs

You can twist yourself in knots trying to dodge a lawsuit, but it really comes down to the avoiding the Big Six Mistakes.

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Tags: at will, eeoc, equal employment opportunity commission, investigations, Moody & Warner, performance

The situation: One employee “goes off” on another, and maybe even gets physically abusive or engages in harassment. You call in the offender, and he says, “I have a documented mental disability that causes me to behave that way.”

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Tags: disability, eeoc, equal employment opportunity commission

The EEOC reports that discrimination based on religion is a fast-growing problem that’s reflected in the leap in complaints filed by workers. The main problem: Few employers are certain how to handle requests for days off or flexible hours.

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Tags: eeoc, interviews, religious accommodation