Discrimination and Harassment

New EEOC “Fact Sheets” Address Rights of Employees Regarding Mental Health Issues

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published a new “fact sheet” addressing the rights under the Americans with Disabilities

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Tenth Circuit Rules That “Faragher/Ellerth” Affirmative Defense Applies to Age-Based Hostile Environment Claims

Addressing the issue for the first time, and more definitively than any other federal appeals court to date, the U.S.

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DOL Finalizes Revised WIOA “Section 188” Nondiscrimination Rules for Job Training Programs

The Department of Labor (DOL) has finalized revisions to its regulations governing the nondiscrimination provisions of the federal Workforce Innovation

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EEOC, OFCCP Will Operate Once Again With Flat Funding Into Next Spring Under Continuing Resolution Approved by Congress Before It Adjourned for the Year

At the request of President-elect Trump, Congress has approved another stopgap measure based on the previous year’s levels to fund

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EEOC Issues Revised Enforcement Guidance on National Origin Discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has finalized revisions to its written Enforcement Guidance on National Origin Discrimination under Title

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NT Lakis Lawyers File Brief With Supreme Court, Urging Denial of Overly Broad EEOC Subpoena

NT Lakis lawyers have filed a “friend-of-the-court” brief with the Supreme Court in an important case involving the overreaching investigation

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EEOC Issues Fiscal Year 2016 Performance and Accountability Report Summarizing Enforcement and Litigation Efforts

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published its annual Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) for fiscal year (FY) 2016

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Most Recent OFCCP Enforcement Settlements Continue to Close Out Aging Audits

OFCCP has recently announced a number of settlements in the form of conciliation agreements, all dealing with audits going back

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