At this time of year, many employers are beginning the performance review process and will soon make decisions about year-end bonuses and raises for next … Read more
EEOC’s Pay Data Requirement Deadline Looms Despite Court Appeal
This Employment Law This Week® monthly rundown discusses the most important developments for employers heading into September 2019. The update specifically … Read more
HR 101: A Free U.S. Resource for Small HR Teams
Are you an HR department of one? I don’t envy you. If I were an HR department of one, I’d crash and burn. To wit, no one has ever accused me of putting … Read more
Retaliation Is Still Most Common EEOC Claim
This week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its Fiscal Year 2018 enforcement and litigation data. Here’s what you need to know: … Read more
EEO-1 Filing Deadline Extended
We don’t talk much about the EEO-1 report on The Employer Handbook. But here are some on TLNT. The EEO-1 is the federally-mandated survey of company … Read more
A Look Ahead at the Legal Issues For HR In 2019
This episode of Epstein Becker Green’s Employment Law This Week® features a recap of the biggest employment law trends from 2018 and a look ahead at what’s … Read more
From the EEOC: 5 Culture Changing Ideas to Prevent Harassment
Last week the EEOC held a public meeting on “Steps to Transform Workplace Culture to Prevent Harassment.” The consensus was that employers best … Read more
Don’t Wait For a Lawsuit to Close Your Pay Gaps
The era of employers avoiding public consequences for disparate treatment of women and minorities in the workplace is over. Employers that neglect internal … Read more
EEOC Says Harassment Charges and Litigation Increased Dramatically In FY 2018
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s litigation program brought 66 lawsuits alleging workplace harassment (41 alleging sexual harassment) … Read more
Court Says It Could be Retaliatory to Fire An HR Manager For This Advice
A company admitted it fired an HR representative for encouraging another employee to file with the EEOC. Last week, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals … Read more
These Lawyers Must Have Skipped the Class on Employment Discrimination
I don’t know how else to describe it. So, I’m going to quote from the EEOC’s press release, but I’ll conceal the name of the law firm, the law firm that … Read more
ACLU Charges Facebook, 10 Employers With Men Only Targeting
One of the most powerful marketing features of sites like Facebook is the ability to target messages to specific groups. If you’re selling roofing … Read more
A Look Ahead at the Legal and Market Forces Affecting Employment
Almost two years into the new presidential administration, and with highly consequential and hotly debated mid-term elections around the corner, Littler’s … Read more
HR Worried A Dyslexic Would Fail, So She Was Fired
Do you know that proverb “no good deed goes unpunished”? This isn’t that situation. “There was no point in continuing the training.” Last week, the EEOC … Read more
What You Need to Watch For In Continuous Background Screening
Most companies perform background checks on employees at the outset as part of the application / new hire process. A number of background check companies … Read more
Four EEOC-Approved Ways Your Company Can Prevent Age Discrimination at Work
Ayo, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission just released a report on “The State of Age Discrimination and Older Workers in the U.S. 50 Years … Read more
Reconvening Its Task Force and Filing 7 Suits, EEOC Signals Sex Harassment Still a Top Priority.
The EEOC sent a powerful signal last week that sexual harassment was still squarely on its radar filing 7 lawsuits against employers across the nation … Read more
Taking Legal Drugs to Fight Addiction Is Covered by the ADA
Folks, I’m warning you, this is a tough one. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, an employer must provide a reasonable accommodation (if available) … Read more
The Gender Pay Gap Is Also an Opportunity Gap
The current business climate has created a new focus, and even spurred new laws aimed at achieving equal pay, but not enough progress has been made. … Read more
What You Need to Know About Massachusetts’ Updated Pay Equity Law
Back in 1945, Massachusetts became the first state in the country to pass an equal pay law. But despite its efforts, the gender pay gap unfortunately … Read more