Compliance: Page 8


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    Lawsuit alleges Amazon denied leave to worker with ectopic pregnancy

    The worker claimed Amazon violated the PWFA, the ADA and the FMLA when it denied her request for leave and then fired her without engaging in any interactive process.

    By Laurel Kalser • June 2, 2025
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    Sponsored by Progyny

    Rethinking cost containment: Why women’s health benefits are your strategic advantage

    The hidden lever to lower healthcare costs? Rethinking your women’s health benefits strategy.

    June 2, 2025
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    Hospital seeks $11.5M in allegedly delayed COVID retention tax credits

    The lawsuit is one of several filed in recent years challenging a troubled component of the 2020 CARES Act.

    By May 30, 2025
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    Identity of HR 2025

    Once a branding strategy, pay transparency is here to stay

    Even though the verbiage might change, the necessity of pay transparency isn't going away, a vice president at Salary.com said.

    By May 30, 2025
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    EEOC pulls funding from joint state, local transgender bias investigations

    The move is yet another step in the agency’s effort to abandon enforcement of workplace anti-discrimination laws with respect to transgender employees.

    By May 30, 2025
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    Labor Department drops Biden-era ESG fiduciary rule

    The agency will no longer defend the rule allowing retirement plan managers to consider ESG factors and intends to work through a new rulemaking process on the topic “as expeditiously as possible.”

    By Lamar Johnson • May 29, 2025
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    Widow sues Coca-Cola under ERISA for former exec’s retirement benefts

    The company assured the couple before and after they married that she would receive his retirement benefits if he predeceased her, the lawsuit said.

    By Laurel Kalser • May 29, 2025
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    DOL rescinds Biden-era warning against offering cryptocurrency in 401(k) plans

    In reversing course on the 2022 guidance, the department said it is “reaffirm[ing] its neutral stance” on cryptocurrency’s inclusion in plans.

    By May 28, 2025
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    5th Circuit rejects NLRB effort to revive ‘long-dead case’ against plumber

    A majority held that “extraordinary circumstances” applied in part because the board left its case dormant for nearly a decade.

    By May 28, 2025
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    Atlanta worker was demoted because of conduct, not FMLA leave, 11th Circuit holds

    The city had multiple reasons to back up the demotion decision, the court found.

    By May 27, 2025
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    Judge vacates portion of EEOC rule requiring accommodation for elective abortions

    The commission must revise the Biden-era regulation, the judge said, finding it didn’t properly interpret the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

    By May 22, 2025
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    Employer will pay $42K to settle EEOC allegations it called pregnant bartender a ‘liability’

    The agency claimed a manager told the plaintiff that the Texas-based bar was concerned that “something bad” would happen to her prior to terminating her.

    By May 21, 2025
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    DOJ opens investigation after Chicago mayor touts Black hires

    The department took issue with comments the mayor made at a public event Sunday, in which he identified six high-level positions held by Black workers.

    By May 20, 2025
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    Judge allows Workday AI bias lawsuit to proceed as collective action

    “Allegedly widespread discrimination is not a basis for denying notice,” the judge ruled — even if the class involves “hundreds of millions” of members.

    By Updated May 20, 2025
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    LeMay, Warren. (2019). "Potter Stewart US Federal Courthouse, Cincinnati, OH" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Flickr.
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    Former Menards worker can arbitrate claim despite Ending Forced Arbitration Act, 6th Circuit says

    The driver “repeatedly and unequivocally told the district court that the arbitration agreement applied to this dispute,” the appeals court noted. 

    By Laurel Kalser • May 19, 2025
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    Opinion

    Navigating ICE enforcement actions: How HR can prepare and protect a workforce

    ICE enforcement actions are unpredictable, but preparation allows businesses to minimize risks while protecting employees, attorneys at law firm Gunster write.

    By Jorge Zamora and Maria Romero • May 16, 2025
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    Bill would repeal FMLA’s ‘outdated’ limit on leave for married couples working for the same employer

    “Just because a family works for the same employer doesn’t mean they should get less time off than other families,” the bill’s sponsor said.

    By May 16, 2025
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    Judge vacates gender identity portions of EEOC harassment guidance

    The case is unlikely to see an appeal from the agency, an Ogletree Deakins shareholder told HR Dive, but employers should avoid throwing out the document.

    By May 16, 2025
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    Chuck E. Cheese sued by West Virginia workers over sexual harassment, retaliation

    A manager at the family eatertainment brand allegedly retaliated against an assistant manager for reporting sexual harassment of women employees.

    By Aneurin Canham-Clyne • May 16, 2025
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    Auto auctioneer settles EEOC lawsuit alleging that Black worker was called racial slur up to 15 times per day

    An  EEOC regional attorney reminded employers that failure to comply with the Civil Rights Act is “costly.”

    By May 15, 2025
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    Former DOL, EEOC officials urge employers to ignore Trump’s disparate-impact ban

    “Employers should not expect that they will have a free pass on disparate impact liability,” the officials said.

    By May 14, 2025
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    Judge went too far in ordering Southwest lawyers to take religious liberty training, 5th Circuit holds

    Separately, the court reversed in part a jury’s finding that Southwest violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

    By May 13, 2025
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    IRS sets new HSA caps for 2026

    Employers continue to seek ways to mitigate rising health costs, but high-deductible plans now play a smaller role, according to recent research.

    By May 12, 2025
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    Employer could not have known worker’s ex would sneak in to set her on fire, 11th Circuit rules

    The plaintiff’s ex, who previously worked at McLane Foodservice, snuck into the facility in his old uniform to assault her.

    By May 12, 2025
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    Google pays $50M to settle Black former recruiter’s class-action bias lawsuit

    The lead plaintiff had been hired to direct Google’s outreach to historically Black colleges and universities but claimed the company “was not genuinely interested” in her work.

    By May 9, 2025