Does an employer’s ADA accommodation duty extend so far as to require it to change an employee’s job schedule to help with their commute to work? A new federal court decision says the answer is “maybe.” And while that’s a…
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Using arbitration agreements instead of going to court can provide big benefits for employers. Arbitration is generally faster and cheaper than litigation, and it can make it easier to avoid bad press -- not to mention the unpredictability of a…
Does obesity count as a disability protected under the law? That's the question a Connecticut court recently faced. An employee sued his employer alleging he was discriminated against because he was "perceived as" being disabled due to his weight. Here's…
A new federal appeals court ruling highlights an important rule about disability-related job accommodation under the ADA. The rule: An employee is not entitled to their accommodation of choice, even if it is effective. Instead, an employer meets its job…
Scoring a significant preliminary victory, an out-of-state remote employee who lives and works in New Hampshire will be allowed to pursue pay discrimination claims based on the law of New Jersey, where the company is headquartered. Here’s what happened: In…
A mid-July letter signed by the attorneys general of 13 states warns Fortune 100 CEOs that they “will face serious legal consequences” if they take their DEI efforts too far by discriminating based on race. This is not some farfetched…
Hollywood's latest drama – a simultaneous strike by screenwriters and actors – hasn't been seen since 1960, before most of today's workforce was even born. As you’ve probably heard, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike in early…
Word to the wise: Never try to duck out of obligations outlined in a consent decree. You won’t be able to hide for long. That’s a lesson recently learned the hard way by a Baltimore company and its owner, Bryan…
Just days after announcing a $50,000 settlement to resolve a sexual harassment claim involving a customer, the EEOC issued another reminder that the agency is cracking down on third-party sexual harassment. This time, the agency took aim at a union…
Heads up, Colorado employers: The Protecting Opportunities and Workers’ Rights (POWR) Act, which significantly expands workplace protections for employees, takes effect on Aug. 7. The new law amends the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) by, among other things, making marital status…
It seems like a pretty basic and commonsense rule: Pay people equal pay for equal work – regardless of their gender. But if the allegations presented in a just-resolved EEOC lawsuit are true, it’s a rule that not all employees…
Your frontline managers probably know the company has a legal obligation to protect employees from sexual harassment from co-workers. But what if it's a customer crossing the line? Just how far do employers have to go to protect employees from…
The EEOC claims in a newly filed lawsuit that an Idaho employer responded to a bias allegation by telling the reporting employee to “be the bigger person” and then denying her a promotion. The target of the new suit is…
Front and center among a small slew of bombshell U.S. Supreme Court holdings that emerged last week was this one: Race-based admissions systems in higher education are unconstitutional – and thus prohibited. “Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it,”…
As you’ve probably heard, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) went into effect late last month. The EEOC has since released PWFA guidance to help companies comply with the new law until it issues compliance regs. What you need to…
As we predicted, the U.S. Supreme Court has expanded the duty of employers to provide religious accommodation to employees under Title VII. The high Court did so via a unanimous decision that essentially redefines the concept of “undue hardship” in…
