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Senate Hearing Highlights Bipartisan Support for Paid Family Leave Program as Well as the Major Differences on How To Get There

There no longer seem to be any major differences between Congressional Republicans and Democrats that some form of paid family

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EEOC Announces Two Multi-Million Dollar Settlements Involving Employment Selection Testing Discrimination Claims

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced the settlement of two separate lawsuits brought by the agency claiming that

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Labor Department’s Office of Disability Employment Policy Gets Green Light To Survey Current Employer Practices

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved a request from the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office

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En Banc Eighth Circuit Rules That ADA Duty To Provide Reasonable Accommodation Has Limitations

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires an employer to provide whatever reasonable accommodation is needed to enable an individual

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IRS Issues FAQs Regarding Paid Family and Medical Leave Tax Credit Included in Last Year’s Tax Reform Law

The comprehensive tax reform bill signed by President Trump last December includes a little-noticed provision that allows employers to take

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Eleventh Circuit Concludes Employer Did Not Violate Title VII’s Religious Accommodation Requirement, Contrasting with Recent Tenth Circuit Ruling

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a religious failure-to-accommodate lawsuit brought under Title VII by

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Ruling by Tenth Circuit Provides Guidance on Employer’s Obligation To Reasonably Accommodate Religious Beliefs Under Title VII

A recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit provides judicial guidance on the extent of

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Labor Department Reports That FMLA Complaint Resolutions Hit Another All-Time Low in FY 2017; Data Suggest More Individuals Are Going Directly To Court

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently released enforcement statistics for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 showing that the number of

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Overall Employment-Related Lawsuits Filed in Federal Court Dropped to Ten-Year Low in FY 2017, Although ADA and FMLA Lawsuits Hit All-Time Highs

According to updated statistics recently provided by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the number of employment-related lawsuits filed

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