by Editorial Staff | Nov 9, 2022 | Discrimination, EEOC, Federal Labor Law
On November 4, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released for comment a draft of the next EEOC Strategic Plan. Accordingly, this draft of the Strategic Plan encompasses Fiscal Years 2022-2026. It is important to note that this draft plan is still...
by PC Editorial Staff | Oct 20, 2022 | Discrimination, EEOC, Federal Labor Law
On October 19th, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released an updated Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal poster (“Know Your Rights” poster). This new poster updates and replaces the EEOC’s previous “EEO is the Law”...
by PC Editorial Staff | Oct 11, 2022 | Discrimination, EEOC, retaliation
This month, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that a Buffalo, New York-based staffing company will pay $550,000 to settle a hiring discrimination lawsuit. Notably, the company’s discriminatory practices were against a staggeringly wide...
by PC Editorial Staff | Sep 27, 2022 | ADA, age discrimination, Discrimination, EEOC, reasonable accommodation
In September 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed three separate lawsuits alleging workplace disability discrimination. The lawsuits were filed in New York City, Florida, and Maryland. The three cases involved a failure to provide...
by PC Editorial Staff | Aug 23, 2022 | Discrimination, EEOC, Title VII
Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (the Seventh Circuit) found Walmart not liable in a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed in 2018 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Several advocacy groups had filed...
by PC Editorial Staff | Aug 2, 2022 | Discrimination, EEOC, gender identity, Title VII
Recently, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (District Court) blocked the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from enforcing its guidance covering sexual orientation and transgender discrimination. Initially, the EEOC’s...