by Girish Anand | Jun 29, 2016 | Civil Rights Act, EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that Pallet Companies, doing business as IFCO Systems, will pay $202,200 and provide significant equitable relief to settle one of EEOC’s first lawsuits alleging sex discrimination based on sexual...
by Girish Anand | Jun 28, 2016 | DOL, immigration, U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings on Monday issued a preliminary nationwide injunction against the so-called “Persuader Rule” that would force businesses during union organizing activities to reveal minute details of their preparations, specifically the...
by Girish Anand | Jun 27, 2016 | Personnel Concepts
The Supreme Court has passed on an opportunity to review the Department of Labor (DOL) and its reinterpretation of “companionship services,” which brought minimum wage and overtime benefits to home care workers employed through staffing agencies. In 2015,...
by Girish Anand | Jun 23, 2016 | immigration, U.S. Supreme Court
Even after losing their potent ally Antonin Scalia, the once-majority Supreme Court conservatives were still able to block President Obama’s immigration executive orders by means of a tie vote, which left Obama’s November 2014 edicts blocked by the U.S....
by Girish Anand | Jun 21, 2016 | EEOC
After three decades of trying, training aimed at preventing sexual harassment in the workplace has gotten nowhere, according to a task force study commissioned by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Two commissioners of the EEOC, co-chairs of a Select...