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2017 News

12-28-2017

NLRB Backs Off Employer Handbooks

12-27-2017

Walmart Tries New Way to Support Workers

12-26-2017

Employee Unsuccessful With Religious Objection to Flu Shot

12-21-2017

Employer Justified In Requiring Mental Health Examinations

12-20-2017

Supreme Court Leaves Title VII and Sexual Orientation Discrimination Up In the Air

12-19-2017

Reliance on Medical Screening Tests To Deny Employment Held Discriminatory

12-14-2017

9th Circuit Joins Consensus That Workweek is Measure of Wage Compliance

12-13-2017

Even Temporary Indefinite Leave Fails ADA Standards

12-12-2017

New NLRB General Counsel Promises Changes

12-07-2017

FMLA Does Not Excuse Unrelated Absenteeism

12-06-2017

Uber Must Pay Significantly for Allowing Felons to Be Drivers

12-05-2017

Employer’s Failure Earns EEOC Maximum Title VII Damages

11-30-2017

White House Sexual Harassment Policy Deemed Lacking

11-29-2017

Transgender Professor Wins Sex Discrimination Trial

11-28-2017

2017 Revealed Trend Against Salary Histories

11-22-2017

Failure to Engage In Interactive Process Cannot Alone Support ADA Claim

11-21-2017

Obese Bus Driver Could Not Meet ADA Standard

11-20-2017

Upcoming New Site Aims to Ease Reporting of Harassment

11-16-2017

American Airlines Pays $9.8 Million to Settle Disability Suit

11-15-2017

Microsoft and Princeton Sue Over End of DACA Program

11-14-2017

Chicago Takes Extra Steps to Protect Hotel Workers

11-09-2017

No Accommodation Required Where Employee Could Adjust Schedule

11-08-2017

9th Circuit Allows Undocumented Immigrant To Sue Employer’s Attorney

11-07-2017

New Exemptions to ACA’s Contraceptive Requirement

11-02-2017

How Much Fun Can Employees Have on Leave?

11-01-2017

Expect to See ICE at Your Workplace

10-31-2017

Another Reminder to Make Sure Supervisors Understand FMLA

10-26-2017

Employer Can’t Use Flex-Time Breaks to Skirt FLSA

10-25-2017

Sixth Circuit Stresses Power of Supervisor to Trigger Vicarious Liability

10-24-2017

Is Taking a Knee Protected by the NLRA?

10-19-2017

Prior Warning of Conduct Towards Others Was Notice of Harassment

10-18-2017

California Affirms Immigrant Rights at Workplace

10-16-2017

Beyond the Weinstein Headlines: The Price of Sexual Harassment

10-12-2017

Liability Created Via Supervisor Responsible for Scheduling

10-11-2017

Arbitration Is No Guarantee of Lower Award

10-10-2017

Fourth Circuit Clarifies FMLA’s “Equivalent Position”

10-05-2017

Seventh Circuit Says No to Long Term Leave As Reasonable Accommodation

10-04-2017

Winston & Strawn Hit With Gender Bias Lawsuit

10-03-2017

Trump Administration Changes Title IX Requirements

09-28-2017

Life Sciences Next Round in Battle About Gender Equality

09-27-2017

Employer’s Refusal to Engage in Interactive Process Results in Employee Verdict

09-26-2017

NLRA Protects Individual Employees From Unlawful Restrictions

09-21-2017

Tuscaloosa Liable for Discrimination Against Breastfeeding Employee

09-20-2017

Renowned Second City Sued for Racial Discrimination

09-19-2017

Oversharing Employer Faces Trial

09-14-2017

Employer Granted Leeway in White Discrimination Case

09-13-2017

HR Manager in a Relationship With Employee Could Not Show Bias

09-12-2017

No Penalty for Over-Accommodating Employee

09-07-2017

Two Million Dollar Verdict Against Iowa Senate Republicans

09-06-2017

Employer Reaction to Off-Site Rape Could Create Hostile Work Environment

09-05-2017

Federal Regulations Overcome ADA Claim

08-31-2017

Workplace Recording Bans Appear to Be Loser for Employers

08-30-2017

Staying Connected Through LinkedIn is Not Solicitation

08-29-2017

Employee Entitled to Protection for Medical Marijuana Use

08-24-2017

Rescinded Notice of Future Termination Was Actionable Adverse Action

08-23-2017

Challenge to Presumption of Mother as Primary Caregiver

08-22-2017

Amazon Sued for Transgender Discrimination

08-17-2017

Insurance Not Proxy for Age According to Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

08-16-2017

Employer’s Misrepresentations Send Case to Trial

08-15-2017

UPS Settles With EEOC Over Alleged Disability Discrimination

08-10-2017

EEOC Challenges Spanish Only Policy

08-09-2017

Are Employee Chips the Wave of the Future?

08-08-2017

Long Arm of Retaliation

08-03-2017

Temporary Employees Not Entitled to Accommodation under ADA

08-02-2017

Renowned Salk Institute Rocked By Sex Discrimination Allegations

08-01-2017

Is Religious Accommodation a Protected Activity?

07-27-2017

Single Racial Epithet with Termination Equals §1981 Hostile Work Environment

07-26-2017

Massachusetts Employer Must Accommodate Medical Marijuana Use

07-25-2017

Ninth Circuit Expands ADEA’s Reach Over Public Employers

07-20-2017

Coming Into Work is an “Essential Function”

07-19-2017

Eighth Circuit Enforces Limits to NLRA Protected Acts

07-18-2017

Segregating Employees Not Enough to Create Title VII Liability

07-13-2017

Mistaken Report of Harassment Justified Termination

07-12-2017

Federal Court Wades Into Issue of Web Accessibility

07-11-2017

$32.5 Settlement Against Met Life for Race Discrimination

07-06-2017

To Pay or Not to Pay

07-05-2017

Workers Required to Speak English in America, Not So Says the EEOC

06-29-2017

Deloitte: A Turbulent 2016 has Rattled Millennials’ Confidence

06-27-2017

Atlas Resource Partners with Violating the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)

06-22-2017

Employer’s Perception of Employee’s Religious Beliefs Irrelevant to Accommodation Duty

06-21-2017

Unfair Labor Practice Carried Out by Text

06-20-2017

EEOC Continues to Have Broad Subpoena Power

06-15-2017

Employee’s Burden Low for Employer to Advise of FMLA Rights

06-14-2017

7th Circuit Rules for Student in Transgender Bathroom Dispute

06-13-2017

Second Circuit Reaffirms Caution on No Recording Policies

06-08-2017

Circuit Court Sways To Side of Employee For Hostile Environment Claim

06-07-2017

One Year Was Not a Reasonable Accommodation

06-06-2017

27-Year-Old Sexual Harassment Case Continues in D.C.

06-01-2017

EEOC Settles With Who Employer Wanted Employee to Say It Did a Good Job

05-31-2017

ADA Meets Gender Dysphoria

05-30-2017

Google Employees Created Own Grievance Outlet

05-25-2017

Court Reiterates that Pregnancy Alone Not a Disability

05-24-2017

One Race-Based Comment Insufficient to Show Pretext and Bias

05-23-2017

Employee Not Required to Specify Type of Sex Harassment

05-18-2017

Cat’s Paw Liability Extended to FMLA Retaliation

05-17-2017

Single Egregious Epithet Enough to Create Hostile Work Environment

05-16-2017

Poor Performance Defeats Title VII Claim

05-11-2017

Bad Breakup Fails to Meet Sex Harassment Standard

05-10-2017

Vacation Photos, FMLA and the Question of Timing

05-09-2017

Sexually Offensive Comments Not Enough to Violate Title VII

05-04-2017

Pay Disparity Based on Salary History Not Violation of Equal Pay Act

05-03-2017

Autistic Employee Was Not Qualified Individual Under ADA

05-02-2017

F-Word Laden Facebook Rant Protected by NLRA

04-27-2017

Volatile Work Relationship Undermines FMLA Claim

04-26-2017

Question For Jury Whether Employer Thwarted Down Syndrome Job Applicant

04-25-2017

Sex Harassment Found at Yellowstone National Park

04-20-2017

Employer Who Tried Everything Rightfully Wins the Day

04-19-2017

$12 Million Settlement for Texas Roadhouse Older Workers

04-18-2017

No Accommodation For Pharmacist’s Fear of Needles

04-11-2017

U.S. Supreme Court Sets Standard of Review For EEOC Subpoena

04-06-2017

Breaking New Ground: 7th Circuit Rules “Sex” Discrimination Includes Sexual Orientation

04-06-2017

Online Job Website Must Release Names Behind Disparaging Posts

04-05-2017

Uber Is Still Taking Hits

04-04-2017

Second Circuit Grapples With Title VII Sexual Orientation Claims

03-30-2017

Employer Loses After Demanding “Proof of Need” For Intermittent FMLA

03-29-2017

Employer Pays High Price For Perceived Cruelty to ADA Protected Employee

03-28-2017

Lack of Oxford Comma Bad News for Maine Employer

03-23-2017

Grandparent “In Loco Parentis” Status Must Be Explored by Employer

03-22-2017

Title IX Protects Medical Residents

03-21-2017

Cancer Is Not Automatic Disability Under ADA

03-16-2017

Retaliation Goes Broader

03-15-2017

College Recruiting Programs May Be Age Discrimination

03-14-2017

Eleventh Circuit Makes Clear Title VII Does Not Include Sexual Orientation Discrimination

03-09-2017

EEOC Gets Summary Judgment On “Textbook Case”

03-08-2017

Tesla May Have Harassment Problem

03-07-2017

What Now? Rollback of Transgender Student Rights

03-02-2017

Employee Pushes Hostile Environment Too Far

03-01-2017

Unwelcome Hugging May Be Sex Harassment

02-28-2017

Positive Test for Cocaine Dooms Public Employee’s Claim

02-23-2017

Do Biased Managers Decrease Workplace Performance?

02-22-2017

Timing Sends Age Discrimination Case Forward

02-21-2017

Prudent AT&T Prevails Against ADA Claim

02-16-2017

Facebook Opens Up Leave Policy For Working Moms

02-15-2017

Stale Cake Firing May Have Masked Gender Bias

02-14-2017

Employee’s Fun Night Out Shuts Down FMLA Interference Claim

02-09-2017

Professor Gets to Go Forward on Title IX Retaliation Case

02-08-2017

Big Verdict Against Lockheed Martin For Age Discrimination

02-07-2017

FMLA’s Intermittent Leave Can Be Tricky For Employers

02-02-2017

Expensive Sign Language Interpreter Was a Reasonable Accommodation

02-01-2017

Employer Not Required to Provide Accommodation Retroactively

01-31-2017

Disclosure of Confidential Medical Information is a Bad Idea

01-26-2017

Secret Service Settles Two Decade Old Race Discrimination Case

01-25-2017

Investigation Alone Was Not Sufficient To Avoid Harassment Liability

01-24-2017

Age Discrimination: 50’s v. 40’s

01-19-2017

Whether Hair Follicle Testing Discriminates Against Blacks Is Question For Jury

01-18-2017

Once FMLA Leave Over, So Is Right To Job Restoration

01-17-2017

History of Sexual Orientation Bias Reflected in Secretary of State’s Apology

01-12-2017

“Unreasonable” Basis for Termination Moves Washington Post Race Case Forward

01-11-2017

Texas Federal Judge Halts Transgender Protections

01-10-2017

Sheriff’s Office Accused of Laughing Off Male Officer’s Harassment

01-05-2017

Food for Thought: Referral Hiring Bad for Diversity

01-03-2017

Costco Must Pay For Customer Harassment