by Girish Anand | Feb 15, 2011 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law
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...
by Girish Anand | Feb 9, 2011 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law, NLRB, Random Musings, State Labor Law
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...
by Girish Anand | Feb 7, 2011 | Federal Labor Law, Health Care Reform
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)...
by Girish Anand | Jan 25, 2011 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law
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...
by Girish Anand | Jan 21, 2011 | Federal Labor Law, USCIS
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...
by Girish Anand | Jan 20, 2011 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law
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...