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EEOC finalizes harassment guidance, addressing remote work and gender identity
Harassment can include “outing” individuals, misgendering, and prohibiting workers from using sex-segregated bathrooms consistent with their gender identity, the agency said.
By Emilie Shumway • April 29, 2024 -
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Adult diapers at 50th birthday party didn’t prove ‘cat’s paw’ age bias, 6th Circuit says
A paralegal couldn’t show under a “cat’s paw” theory of liability that the lawyer who threw her the party caused her to get fired, the appeals panel held.
By Laurel Kalser • April 29, 2024 -
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17 states sue to block EEOC pregnancy accommodation rule
The rule’s abortion accommodation provisions conflict with the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, the plaintiffs, led by Tennessee, alleged.
By Ryan Golden • April 26, 2024 -
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Wells Fargo saleswoman alleges she was held to ‘entirely different standard’ in ‘boys club’ workplace
The worker alleged her employer gave large, more profitable accounts to her male colleagues because they were “sole breadwinners,” while she was a “second income” for her husband.
By Ginger Christ • April 25, 2024 -
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DHL will pay $8.7M to settle allegations it gave Black workers more dangerous assignments
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed 60 years ago this July; “Some employers still fail to get the message," the EEOC chair said in a statement.
By Caroline Colvin • April 25, 2024 -
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US Chamber sues to block FTC noncompete ban
The commission’s final rule is outside the scope of the authority granted by Congress, the Chamber alleged Wednesday.
By Ryan Golden • April 24, 2024 -
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DOL’s ‘unprecedented,’ two-pronged overtime rule adds new HR wrinkles
Employers must decide whether to incrementally comply with the rule’s salary threshold updates or move straight to compliance with the higher 2025 threshold, attorneys told HR Dive.
By Ryan Golden • April 24, 2024 -
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Citi failed to protect managing director from sexual harassment, lawsuit claims
Ardith Lindsey filed additional details Monday in her lawsuit against the bank regarding a supervisor’s threats against her and her family.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • April 24, 2024 -
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How does remote monitoring work? Here’s what HR needs to know.
Many workers may not be aware that such monitoring is taking place — and that poses a culture problem.
By Caroline Colvin • April 24, 2024 -
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FTC bans noncompetes
The FTC said the rule, which takes effect Sept. 4, received overwhelming public support during a comment period.
By Ryan Golden • April 23, 2024 -
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New retirement security final rule will protect workers from improper advice and investments, DOL says
The rule updates the definition of investment advice fiduciary that was adopted in 1975 and will go into effect Sept. 23.
By Ginger Christ • April 23, 2024 -
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Car dealership pays $325K to settle allegations it fired an executive to avoid paying for his cancer treatments
The ADA prohibits employers from firing workers because of a medical condition.
By Emilie Shumway • April 23, 2024 -
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DOL will raise overtime salary threshold to $44K in July, $59K next year
The final rule expands overtime pay eligibility to millions of U.S. workers, the department said.
By Ryan Golden • April 23, 2024 -
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FTC likely to OK nationwide noncompete ban April 23
The ban is likely to pass, given that a majority of the agency’s five commissioners have already shown their support.
By Robert Freedman • April 22, 2024 -
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Female paramedic’s 96-hour shift may have violated Title VII, court says
The paramedic raised trial questions over whether she was treated more harshly than male co-workers because she is female, the court held.
By Laurel Kalser • April 22, 2024 -
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Volkswagen workers join UAW in historic vote
It’s a historic win for the UAW, as the Volkswagen plant is the first foreign-owned facility to unionize in the U.S.
By Haley Cawthon • April 22, 2024 -
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NLRB encourages regional offices to thoroughly pursue make-whole relief
In an April memo, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo emphasized that make-whole relief — down to resume-printing costs and gas money — doesn’t end with employees who have sought to organize.
By Caroline Colvin • April 22, 2024 -
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Employer groups ask court to vacate DOL independent contractor rule
The department’s rule “injects new inconsistencies and incoherence into the analysis of independent contractor status,” the groups said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
By Ryan Golden • April 19, 2024 -
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Sheetz unlawfully rejected Indigenous, Black candidates due to criminal records, EEOC alleges
The candidates experienced a “significant disparate impact” from Sheetz’ criminal justice history probe, the agency argued.
By Caroline Colvin • Updated April 19, 2024 -
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Chipotle agrees to nearly $3M settlement over alleged paid leave and scheduling violations in Seattle
The settlement is the largest since the Secure Scheduling Ordinance went into effect in July 2017, the Seattle Office of Labor Standards said.
By Ginger Christ • April 18, 2024 -
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Freddy’s franchisee must pay $119K for allowing teens to work longer, later than law allowed
The operator of seven Freddy’s locations in Alabama employed 149 children under 16 years old to work longer hours than permitted by law.
By Julie Littman • April 18, 2024 -
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Workday should face lawsuit alleging its AI screening tool is biased, EEOC argues
An individual alleged the company’s software catered to the prejudicial preferences of the employer-client, according to an amended complaint.
By Kate Tornone • April 17, 2024 -
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SCOTUS: Employees do not need to prove ‘significant’ harm in discriminatory transfer claims
The justices’ ruling settles a divide among federal circuit courts on how to interpret Title VII.
By Ginger Christ • April 17, 2024 -
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Staffing firm BaronHR pays $2.2M to settle claims it acquiesced to biased client requests
The company steered candidates toward certain positions based on sex and rejected certain applicants based on race and national origins, EEOC alleged.
By Emilie Shumway • April 16, 2024 -
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Drexel executive with PTSD alleges mandatory Zoom meeting violated ADA
The plaintiff's manager allegedly refused her request to meet by phone instead to discuss a complaint lodged against her, the lawsuit claimed.
By Laurel Kalser • April 16, 2024
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