Archive for the ‘Federal Labor Law’ Category

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced that it has received a record number of discrimination charges during the past fiscal year.  The total number of charges received by the agency reached nearly 100,000, representing the highest number of charges in its 45-year history and a 7 percent increase in charge activity since [...]

The courts have yet to weigh in, but a recent settlement between the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and a Connecticut ambulance company may mean more freedom of speech—or at least retaliatory protection—for employees who post comments about their companies online. The incident has several angles to it, only one of which relates to the [...]

On Super Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) marked its two-year anniversary, having been signed into law on the same day in 2009 by President Obama. To mark the moment, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sibelius noted that since CHIPRA's signing, more than 42 million children had [...]

In Thompson v. North American Stainless, decided yesterday (Jan. 24, 2011), the U.S. Supreme Court extended Civil Rights Act Title VII protection against retaliation to the fiancé of someone who had filed an EEOC complaint against the same company. Eric Thompson, who worked at North American, was fired after his fiancée lodged a complaint with the Equal [...]

Tyson Foods has become the first major American business to partner with Immigration and Customs (ICE) officials in a program named IMAGE–ICE Mutual Agreement Between Government and Employers. The first step in joining IMAGE is allowing ICE to conduct a full I-9 audit. The I-9 is a form that must be filled out and retained [...]

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that private sector workplace discrimination charge filings with the federal agency nationwide hit an unprecedented level of 99,922 during fiscal year (FY) 2010, which ended Sept. 30, 2010. Despite the increase in overall charges filed with the EEOC last fiscal year, the Commission dramatically slowed the growth [...]

Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and subsequent amendments and revamps such as the Taft-Hartley Law, union organizers collect signatures on cards from workers at a company, which they can then submit to the owner to certify the union or send  to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRF) to certify them for a union [...]

Congress rode to the aid of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans with an increased package of benefits at the close of 2010′s lame duck session. The benefits will facilitate educational pursuits for the veterans, among other initiatives. At the same time, Congress by voice vote passed a resolution to extend USERRA benefits to people working [...]

Removing the stool from a cashier with arthritic knees just cost one pharmacy chain a nice lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) based on the strengthened and broadened definition of disability under 2009′s Americans With Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAAA). Prior to ADAAA, the chain could’ve argued that the employee’s arthritis didn’t prevent her [...]

It seems hard that any show could beat out The Office for the most workplace violations in matters of diversity, discrimination, and respect, but a group calling itself Global Compliance conducted a study and concluded that 30 Rock topped the list, followed closely by Grey’s Anatomy. Global Compliance’s tally revealed that 30 Rock was home to [...]