The federal budget: What lawyers need to know
BOSTON, MA — President Barack Obama released his budget requests for fiscal year 2012 on Feb. 14, seeking $3.73 trillion in total spending and claiming $1.1 trillion in spending cuts over the next ten...
View ArticleHeadaches for lawyers averted with federal budget deal
BOSTON, MA — Just hours before the U.S. government was set to shut down due to a lack of funding, Washington lawmakers agreed to a short-term budget plan Friday night, ensuring that courtrooms and...
View ArticleEEOC: Gender pay gap persists
BOSTON — Long after laws prohibiting pay discrimination on the basis of gender were put on the books, gender-based pay disparities in American workplaces persist — and cannot be explained by...
View ArticleUnemployed seek protection against job bias
Forte, scraping by now as a part-time substitute school bus driver, is part of a growing number of unemployed or underemployed Americans who complain they are being screened out of job openings for the...
View ArticleEEOC issues guidance on worker background checks
WASHINGTON – The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued updated guidance on employers’ use of criminal background checks in making employment decisions. According to EEOC officials, the new...
View ArticleBP, EEOC reach $5.4M deal over gender bias claims
BP and its contractors have agreed to pay up to $5.4 million to resolve complaints that some women weren’t considered for temporary jobs responding to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill because of their...
View ArticleSupreme Court justices ponder where fired federal workers can appeal
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court tried to wade through the wording of a complex statute Tuesday to determine whether a federal employee could appeal a decision involving claims of both unlawful...
View ArticleNew law spurs more disability bias lawsuits
Employment attorneys say that they have seen an increase in disability-related charges since final regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act went into effect more than a year...
View ArticleEmployers must look out for genetic discrimination
Although it has been nearly five years since the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act was signed into law, attorneys say many employers still don’t understand that requesting a potential employee’s family...
View ArticleDefense lawyers celebrate high court win on supervisor liability
Defense lawyers are touting the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling this week on Title VII supervisor liability as a significant win for employers, providing a welcome clarification to the law while dealing a...
View ArticleEEOC puts new focus on severance agreements
Recent enforcement actions from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission come as a warning to employers and attorneys.
View ArticleEmployers must tread carefully with social media checks
Although social media can provide a more comprehensive picture on a potential hire, labor attorneys warn there is a danger for companies that use the resource.
View ArticleEEOC focus on national origin bias could signal new guidance
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s recent focus on compliance and enforcement issues surrounding laws barring national origin-based job bias has some attorneys wondering if new guidance may...
View ArticleEmployers pan federal guidance on background checks
Two years after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a guidance warning employers against the overly-broad use of criminal background checks to screen potential new hires, it is...
View ArticleEEOC issues new guidelines for pregnant workers
For the first time in 30 years, the federal government is issuing new guidelines designed to protect pregnant workers from on-the-job discrimination.
View ArticleU.S. complaint charges oil companies paid women less than men
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a federal complaint against Casper-based True Oil LLC and associated companies charging they have discriminated against woman employees by paying...
View ArticleNew law spurs more disability bias lawsuits
Employment attorneys say that they have seen an increase in disability-related charges since final regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act went into effect more than a year...
View ArticleEmployers must look out for genetic discrimination
Although it has been nearly five years since the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act was signed into law, attorneys say many employers still don’t understand that requesting a potential employee’s family...
View ArticleDefense lawyers celebrate high court win on supervisor liability
Defense lawyers are touting the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling this week on Title VII supervisor liability as a significant win for employers, providing a welcome clarification to the law while dealing a...
View ArticleEEOC puts new focus on severance agreements
Recent enforcement actions from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission come as a warning to employers and attorneys.
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