New York City’s Commission on Human Rights issued a document entitled “Legal Enforcement Guidance on the Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Expression: Local Law No. 3” on December 21. The Commission enforces the City’s ban on discrimination in public accommodations, housing and employment based on gender.
Gender is defined as a person’s
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says fiscal year 2015 was its best enforcement year ever, resulting in more than $525 million for “victims of discrimination in private, state and local government, and federal workplaces.” Of the $525 million, $421.9 million went to charging parties─$356.6 million through mediation, conciliation, and settlements, $65.3 million through litigation.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently filed a direct action on behalf of 34 women against Workplace Staffing Solutions, LLC alleging that the company denied the women the opportunity to become temporary residential trashcan collectors (i.e. “garbagemenpersons”) along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
In the Complaint, the EEOC states that women answered ads
The EEOC recently filed suit against Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Mobile, asserting sex discrimination in violation of Title VII’s record retention provisions. The complaint alleges that Martina Owes applied in June 2010 for two vacant warehouse positions but was not selected. She complained in her August 2010 EEOC charge that the company hired less
Yet another reminder that everyone using criminal background checks in the hiring process needs to review their standards—BMW just entered a consent decree with the EEOC under which it will pay $1.6 million and offer to hire dozens of people previously rejected as having unacceptable criminal histories. BMW had (note the past tense) a
In a ruling handed down yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a religious discrimination case against the popular clothing retailer, Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. (Abercrombie). The Supreme Court’s ruling overturns a 2013 Tenth Circuit summary judgment decision in Abercrombie’s favor. The Supreme Court found that
My personal interest in employer wellness programs increased a few months ago when my wife and I were offered significant health insurance premium savings through her employer by participating in such a program. We completed health risk assessments, answered questions about tobacco use, and had various measurements taken. We now have our own web pages
Question: Your employee has a heart attack and wants to return to work sooner than you think he should. There’s nothing wrong with giving the employee additional time off or terminating the employee if you think the job will impede the employee’s recovery or cause another heart attack, right? Wrong! Baldwin Supply Company, a Minnesota
The EEOC recently released several data tables showing their activity in fiscal year 2014 (October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014). The Commission received 88,778 charges of workplace discrimination during FY 2014, which is approximately 5,000 fewer than the prior fiscal year. The EEOC also resolved 87,442 charges—down almost 10,000 from the prior year. The
On December 2, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment on behalf of Swedish Match North America, Inc. in a case in which its former male salesperson, Donald Rickard, claimed he suffered age and sex discrimination from his male supervisor (who was one year younger than Rickard). Rickard had an “antagonistic” relationship with