Roundup of Notable Employment Law Rulings, Volume 3
We are pleased to present Volume 3 in our periodic series of “Roundup of Recent Notable Employment Law Rulings” memos
Congressional Democrats Revoke EEOC’s New Conciliation Rules
The Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives, on a partisan vote, has joined a closely divided U.S. Senate in passing a
EEOC Finalizes Favorable Changes to Its Conciliation Process
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has formally approved significant (and welcome) revisions to the agency’s regulations governing how the
EEOC Proposes Revised Guidance on Title VII Religious Discrimination
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has proposed revising its guidance on religious discrimination under Title VII of the Civil
Walmart Settles EEOC Lawsuit Challenging Use of Physical Ability Test for $20 Million
Walmart, Inc. and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently entered into a “Consent Decree” settling a lawsuit brought by
New OFCCP FAQs Clarify That Most “Unconscious” Bias Training Not Barred by E.O. 13950
Hopefully settling some of the confusion generated by the new Presidential Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors and subcontractors from conducting
New Trump Executive Order Bars Certain Diversity-Related Contractor Training
President Trump has signed new Executive Order (E.O.) 13950 (September 22, 2020), that among other things prohibits federal contractors and
EEOC Approves Issuance of “Formal” Opinion Letter Clarifying Agency’s “Pattern-Or-Practice” Authority
During the Obama Administration, the then General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) pursued a number of novel
Supreme Court’s Religion Rulings Suggest That Justices May Have Interest in Revisiting Employer’s Duty To Reasonably Accommodate Religious Practices
During its recently concluded term, the U.S. Supreme Court decided several important cases addressing religious liberties, one of which relates
Eleventh Circuit Reverses Three-Judge Panel Decision in Gogel v. Kia Motors, Rules HR Manager’s “Opposition” Conduct Was Not Protected Under Title VII Because It Rendered Her “Ineffective in the Position” for Which She Was Employed
A divided en banc Eleventh Circuit ruled recently that an HR manager’s actions of providing a colleague with the name