by admin | Mar 31, 2015 | DOJ, DOL, FMLA
We spoke too soon, as a U.S. district judge in Texas has placed a temporary hold on the new definition of spouse for FMLA purposes, contrary to our earlier report below. The hold arises from a lawsuit filed by attorneys general in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and...
by admin | Mar 31, 2015 | DOL, Employee Benefits Administration
The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), part of the Department of Labor (DOL), in a just-released Fact Sheet says its enforcement activities in fiscal year 2014 restored $599.7 million to employee benefit plans, participants and beneficiaries. EBSA is...
by admin | Mar 31, 2015 | EEOC
Jenny R. Yang, chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today announced the membership of the EEOC Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace. At a public meeting on the topic of Workplace Harassment held January, 2015, Yang...
by admin | Mar 30, 2015 | DOL, OFCCP
The Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a two-week extension of the comment period for its proposed rule governing the obligations of federal contractors and subcontractors not to discriminate on the basis of sex in their employment practices. The extension...
by admin | Mar 27, 2015 | Federal Labor Law, Random Musings, State Labor Law
Former UPS driver Kathy Young, who accused that firm of pregnancy discrimination, will have her day in court again, but Ellen Pao, who accused her firm of gender discrimination and retaliation, is walking away empty-handed. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court ruled...