U.S. Senate Confirms Janet Dhillon as EEOC Commissioner and New Chair Apparent, Restoring Quorum
By a partisan vote of 50 to 43, the U.S. Senate this week confirmed President Trump’s nomination of Janet Dhillon
EEOC Announces Employers Must Submit “Component 2” Pay and Hours Worked Data for Both 2017 and 2018 on Revised EEO-1 Report by September 30, 2019
Complying with a federal court order issued last week in National Women’s Law Center, et al. v. Office of Management
Resource Materials and Templates To Assist in Preparing for a Section 503 Focused Review
It has now been over five years since the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued its
Supreme Court, Agreeing With Arguments Raised in NT Lakis Friend-of-the Court Brief, Rules in Lamps Plus v. Varela That Class Arbitration Cannot Be Inferred From “Contractual Ambiguity”
In another important ruling reaffirming the strong federal policy favoring arbitration, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 5 – 4
Eleventh Circuit in Lewis v. City of Union City Weighs in on Interpretation of Key Title VII Term “Similarly Situated,” Illustrating Lack of Consensus Among Federal Courts as To How To Define It
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), plaintiffs typically prove their cases using circumstantial evidence.
Unanimous NLRB, Again Drawing Line on Limits of “Protected Concerted Activity,” Rules in Quicken Loans That Public Bathroom Conversation Did Not Merit NLRA’s Protection
In a unanimous decision reversing a ruling by an agency Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
NLRB General Counsel Releases Two New “Advice Memoranda” Addressing Application of New “Boeing Standard” to Workplace Rules
The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has released several internal “Advice Memoranda,” two of
Revised Opinion by Fifth Circuit in Nall v. BNSF Cures Problematic Portion of Prior ADA “Direct Threat” Ruling
Last December, a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a troubling opinion
OMB Puts Federal Agencies on Notice That Sub-Regulatory Guidance Documents Are Now Subject to Greater Scrutiny Before They Are Issued
The Trump Administration is continuing to advance its regulatory reform agenda, even as public attention is primarily focused elsewhere. In
EEOC’s Final FY 2018 Enforcement Numbers Confirm Significant Drop in Charges Filed
Final fiscal year (FY) 2018 (October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2018) enforcement and litigation statistics released recently by the