With yesterday’s passage of the Omnibus Funding Bill by the U.S. Senate, expanded worker protections and more funding for anti-business regulatory agencies is that much closer to reality. By a vote of 69 – 29, the Senate passed the $1.7 trillion legislation and sent it to the U.S House for their consideration – and likely…
Read More »The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has developed and recently released its draft Strategic Plan for 2022 – 2026 and has asked for public comment. The plan, a blueprint of its proposed enforcement plan for the upcoming years, focuses on strategic objectives for the agency accompanied by targeted goals and performance measures. It underscores…
Read More »A decision rendered in late summer by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit provides important guidance for employers considering limiting the availability of light duty assignments. In EEOC v Wal-Mart Stores, East LP Inc., the court ruled that a light duty policy covering only workers injured on the job was lawful…
Read More »The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) this week released a new employment law poster that must be posted in a conspicuous spot in the workplace. The new updated “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster includes the following notation at the very bottom of the poster: (Revised 10/20/2022). This one that should be used…
Read More »The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) yesterday released new data via the agency website and added a new visualization tool for the public to view aggregated data about charges of discrimination filed with the agency for the past 25 years. The data dump includes the 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 data for private…
Read More »Enforcement of a guidance issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) some 14 months ago has been blocked by the federal district court. The EEOC guidance, structured as a technical assistance document entitled “Protections Against Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity” was issued in the wake of a Supreme Court…
Read More »A report commissioned by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was released yesterday and calls for an expansion of data collection by the agency. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies) analyzed the expanded EEO-1 data that was collected by EEOC from private employers and federal contractors for reporting years 2017 to…
Read More »In the wake of issuing new guidance on algorithmic decision-making and validating a third gender for purposes of employment discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has also updated its guidance regarding COVID-19 workplace viral screening testing. Originally, the agency claimed its position was governed by compliance with the standard for conducting medical examinations…
Read More »In the face of the proliferation of algorithmic decision-making in all facets of business, it was only a matter of time until the government got more involved in regulating or policing its use. Enter the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) with its first guidance on algorithmic decision making in employment and the discrimination that can…
Read More »Although it is no doubt not “top of mind” for many at this point, the window for collecting and submitting EEO-1 employment data has been shortened. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) last week announced that the EEO-1 Component 1 data collection portal would be opening on April 12, 2022 with the deadline for filing…
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