Attorneys predict busy year for EEOC enforcement

Employers may find it difficult to anticipate which issues the agency will focus on in 2022.

By Katie Clarey • Oct. 5, 2021

Judge approves Activision Blizzard's $18M EEOC settlement over harassment, discrimination

The court decree also requires Activision Blizzard to submit to unannounced audits of harassment and evaluate its disciplinary procedures, among other obligations.

By Ryan Golden • Updated March 31, 2022

United boasts 99% vaccination rate, but lawsuit alleges failure to accommodate

According to the complaint, the mandate made no room for reasonable accommodations for disability or religion.

By Katie Clarey • Oct. 1, 2021

Mailbag: Will employees need a booster shot to count as vaccinated?

Employers are in "no man's land," said one management-side attorney.

By Katie Clarey • Oct. 1, 2021

34% of restaurant workers experienced more wage theft in 2021, OFW reports

During a webinar hosted by the nonprofit, DOL Secretary Marty Walsh spoke about growing wage and hour violations, which impact food service more than any other industry.

By Aneurin Canham-Clyne • Sept. 27, 2021

NLRB challenges Kroger brands' ban on Black Lives Matter buttons

Retailer Fred Meyer and grocer QFC may have violated federal labor law, according to the agency.

By Kate Tornone • Sept. 27, 2021

Judge blocks Biden's federal contractor vaccine mandate

The nationwide stay applies to all federal contractors and subcontractors in covered contracts in all U.S. states and territories.

By Ryan Golden • Updated Dec. 8, 2021

Withheld pay may constitute FMLA retaliation, 3rd Cir. says

The appellate court reversed a portion of a lower court’s ruling that Rowan University did not retaliate against a professor for taking leave.

By Katie Clarey • Sept. 24, 2021

DOL expands fines for employers that keep workers' tips

The rule addresses fines for accidental or first-time offenses and is expected to take effect in late November.

By Kate Tornone • Sept. 23, 2021

Activision Blizzard confirms it's under SEC, EEOC investigation

The federal inquiries into the company's work environment follow a legal challenge filed in July by California regulators.

By Ryan Golden • Sept. 22, 2021

'Fight for $15' union challenges NLRB joint-employer rule

The complaint is the latest challenge to the standard's ever-changing interpretation.

By Emilie Shumway • Sept. 22, 2021

24 states vow to challenge Biden's vaccine mandate

The attorneys general called the order "disastrous and counterproductive" in a letter to the president.

By Kate Tornone • Sept. 21, 2021

OSHA to create workplace heat standard

The ANPRM set to be released next month is the first step in the development of a federal standard to prevent heat-related illness and death.

By Jennifer Goodman • Sept. 21, 2021

Back to Basics: Employers can't use ADA, FMLA 'logic' when it comes to USERRA compliance

This law is unique in its requirement that employers return service members to jobs they would have had if they had not taken leave.

By Katie Clarey • Sept. 20, 2021

Activision Blizzard taps Disney executive for chief people officer in leadership shuffle

The video game publisher faces allegations from California regulators that its HR department treated employee complaints "in a perfunctory and dismissive manner."

By Ryan Golden • Sept. 16, 2021

Court: Trucking company's strength test had a 'discriminatory impact' on women

Employers aren't forbidden from using physical abilities tests, but they must be able to prove they are job-related, EEOC personnel said.

By Katie Clarey • Sept. 16, 2021

New York employers must implement coronavirus safety plans

State law also protects worker complaints about alleged violations of such plans.

By Kate Tornone • Sept. 15, 2021

Even in the face of seemingly meritless requests, watch for retaliation

A lawsuit involving Kroger and an alleged LGBTQ pride emblem has some lessons for HR professionals.

By Kate Tornone • Sept. 15, 2021

OFCCP reopens door to request employers' reported pay data

The change is, in part, a reflection of the differing views of the OFCCP under the Trump and Biden administrations.

By Ryan Golden • Sept. 14, 2021

North Carolina can't escape claims its health plan discriminates against transgender public workers

Plaintiffs said the plan excludes trans enrollees by denying coverage for treatments such as counseling, hormone therapy and surgery.

By Katie Clarey • Sept. 14, 2021

5 questions to ask when employees work across state lines

With remote and hybrid work leading to employees working in two or more states, differences in legal compliance requirements can create confusion.

By Emilie Shumway • Sept. 13, 2021

Muslim Chipotle worker files EEOC complaint alleging assistant manager yanked hijab

The restaurant told the Council on American-Islamic Relations that it fired the leader after an investigation.

By Katie Clarey • Sept. 10, 2021

Is Biden's vaccine mandate legal? It doesn't matter.

The administration has decided the economic and public health benefits of a requirement are worth the risk of a judicial defeat later.

By Kate Tornone • Sept. 10, 2021

Feds to require large employers mandate coronavirus vaccine

The requirements will impact some 80 million workers, in addition to many working for the government and federal contractors, the White House said.

By Ryan Golden • Updated Sept. 10, 2021

EEOC asks court to require Walmart to revise disability accommodation policy

The agency also wanted the store to inform all employees of the outcome of a recent case that resulted in a $1.25 million jury award for a former worker.

By Katie Clarey • Sept. 8, 2021