Colorado Springs Area Home-Care Agency Settles Claims It Failed to Respond to Harassment of Its Caregivers and Retaliated Against Those Who Complained
Archives for May 24, 2021
JBS Inks $5.5 Million Pact With EEOC in Suit Over Muslim Prayer
JBS USA LLC and the EEOC agreed to settle the agency’s decade-old religious, race, and national origin bias lawsuit alleging the meatpacker denied prayer breaks to and otherwise mistreated Somali Muslim employees at a Greeley, Colo., plant, federal court records show.
Senate votes to repeal EEOC settlement rule that ID’ed bias victims
The Democrat-led U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted along party lines to repeal a Trump-era Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rule that would overhaul the pre-litigation settlement process, including by giving employers more information about discrimination complaints.
Permanent jobs rise as employers sweeten pay, benefits for gig workers amid labor shortages
No doubt the gig economy is still the rage and growing.
3rd Circ.: Employer Has Right to Fire Employee for Offensive Facebook Post
The employment at-will doctrine generally provides employers the leeway needed to cut ties with employees who act or say things that are off color or offensive, even when it is not related to the job itself. A recent case out of Pittsburgh put the limits of this leeway to the test.
Heard of ‘contagious unemployment’? It’s one theory why companies have difficulty hiring workers
‘Unemployed workers send over 10 times as many job applications in a month as their employed peers, but are less than half as likely per application to make a move’
Managing Culture When a Workforce Is in Profound Transition
Remote workers must still feel empowered to serve members, and all aspects of culture must work together to make this so.
2 Days In, 3 Days out: Securing the hybrid workforce
Work-from-home may be giving way to hybrid work models in the coming year, creating even more challenges for security and compliance.
Here’s Why The Hybrid Workforce Will Last
In recent weeks, much has been made of the notion that the hybrid workforce won’t last.
Michigan loosens COVID-19 workplace mask, distancing rules
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday loosened COVID-19 workplace safety rules so fully vaccinated employees can go without a mask and disregard distancing requirements.
Report Finds Racism Prevalent in the Workplace
More than a third of Black workers report being treated unfairly in the workplace in the past year because of their race or ethnicity, a new survey released Monday by the Society for Human Resource Management found.
Post-COVID workplace etiquette
Q: Before COVID, you had written several columns about workplace etiquette. I was wondering how you think those norms will change now that we are all returning back to the workplace.
Investigating Racial Bias Complaints in the Age of ‘Cancel Culture’
Partner and Chair of CDF’s Internal Investigations Practice Group, Daphne P. Bishop, recently authored the article Investigating Racial Bias Complaints in the Age of ‘Cancel Culture’ for the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal on May 18, 2021.
IRS Provides Clarity on ARPA COBRA Subsidy Impact on State “Mini-COBRA” Plans
In our most recent summary of IRS Notice 2021-31, we noted the Internal Revenue Service provided much-needed clarity to looming compliance challenges as employers, insurers, and others race to implement the applicable COBRA premium subsidy provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). While there are many other
The New IRS COBRA Subsidy Guidance: Key Takeaways for Employers
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) implemented a 100 percent COBRA subsidy for certain qualified beneficiaries beginning on April 1, 2021, and ending September 30, 2021. On May 18, 2021, more than a month into the subsidy period, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2021-31. This guidance,
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