by Girish Anand | Nov 28, 2017 | EEOC
Score a victory for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in its effort to get courts to side with its position that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination based not only on sex but also on sexual orientation. The commission’s...
by Girish Anand | Nov 28, 2017 | DOL
The Department of Labor (DOL) has announced an 18-month extension from Jan. 1, 2018, to July 1, 2019, of the special Transition Period for the Fiduciary Rule’s Best Interest Contract Exemption and the Principal Transactions Exemption, and of the applicability of...
by Girish Anand | Nov 27, 2017 | EEOC
In advance of issuing revised sexual harassment guidelines — the first revision in two decades — the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a report by its Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace detailing five...
by Girish Anand | Nov 27, 2017 | ICE
According to The Daily Beast, which claims to have obtained an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) memo, ICE agents will soon be targeting a “national food service chain.” The chain was unnamed in the report. Statistics indicate that the...
by Girish Anand | Nov 27, 2017 | DOL, ERISA
The Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a 90-day delay – through April 1, 2018 – of the applicability date for ERISA plans to comply with a final rule amending the claims procedure requirements applicable to disability benefits. The three-month delay of the...