by Girish Anand | Aug 29, 2012 | EEOC
Two Commissioners of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will go on a cross-country tour in September to explain and discuss the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA). The series of training seminars is aimed at employment law...
by Girish Anand | Aug 1, 2011 | EEOC
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) prohibits the gathering of genetic information from employees or new hires unless such information is deemed "job-related and consistent with business necessity." Another exception pertains to...
by Girish Anand | Jul 26, 2011 | EEOC
In a recent informal discussion letter, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) suggested that employers who maintain both personal health information (PHI) and occupational health information in a single employee file are probably violating the privacy...
by Girish Anand | Jul 26, 2011 | EEOC
On Tuesday, July 26, 2011, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) celebrates its 21st anniversary, having been signed into law on this same day in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush. Ironically, after erosion of some categories of protection in the landmark...
by Girish Anand | Jul 6, 2011 | EEOC
In June the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held hearings on leave as a reasonable accommodation for employees with disabilities, warning that inflexible company policies would incur EEOC legal wrath, and today that warning turned into reality as...
