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Discrimination / Harassment

Snapshot: EEOC disability discrimination claims, 2000 – 2020

03/09/2021
Rising steadily since 2000, disability discrimination is now the most common EEOC bias charge.

EEOC charges drop again, employers still pay

03/09/2021
The EEOC handled 67,448 discrimination and harassment claims in Fiscal Year 2020, the fourth straight year charges have dropped.

Religion accommodation need is early, ongoing

03/04/2021
Applicants and employees alike are entitled to reasonable accommodation of their religious needs. That obligation starts at the beginning of the hiring process and continues throughout employment. Two cases involving adherents to the Seventh Day Adventist faith demonstrate this.

Paycheck Fairness Act introduced again, and this time it could pass

02/23/2021
The PFA places a high bar in front of employers trying to justify differentials between the wages paid to women and men.

Congress takes up legislation that could affect HR, employers

02/23/2021
For the first weeks of 2021, Congress has focused on other matters—the Capitol insurrection, impeachment, President Biden’s cabinet nominees, the coronavirus relief initiative—but now it is turning to new legislation that could affect employers.

Snapshot: Lawsuits filed by the EEOC

02/23/2021
During the Trump administration, the EEOC increasingly took the view that “litigation is truly a last resort.” As a result, EEOC lawsuits fell dramatically.

Retailers face employees’ covid-related lawsuits

02/18/2021
By early February, almost 200 employees had filed covid-related lawsuits against their retail employers.

Facing EEOC complaint? Consider conciliation

02/16/2021
When the EEOC decides to sue for discrimination, that means an employer will soon be in for a long, costly legal battle. However, the EEOC is statutorily required to attempt to resolve findings of discrimination through “informal methods of conference, conciliation and persuasion.”

Google $3.8M settlement shows equal-pay risk

02/11/2021
Ignoring your obligation to provide equal pay for equal work can be expensive. Google just agreed to pay millions to fix illegal pay disparities. Advice: Ferret out pay imbalances before a federal agency (or class-action lawyer) decides to make an example of your organization.

EEOC lawsuits take aim at pregnancy bias in hiring

02/03/2021
There has never been a better time to remind hiring managers that they may not discriminate against pregnant job applicants. The EEOC has made enforcement of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act a priority. Two recent cases show how seriously the EEOC takes this issue.