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Posted: | Jackson Lewis Category: Title VII - EEO-1
As we reported the 2021 EEO-1 reporting portal is now open.
More employers are collecting non-binary gender data from employees. The EEOC however, is not authorized to require collection, or reporting, of non-binary employee data. The current EEO-1 reporting form has fields only for the reporting of employee binary gender
Posted: | Littler Category: Florida - General
On April 22, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law so-called “anti-woke” legislation, amending the Florida Civil Rights Act and potentially limiting the ability of employers to include discussions of “implicit bias” or systemic racism in workplace training relating to diversity, non-discrimination, and non-harassment. The bill becomes effective
Posted: | Ogletree Deakins Category: Federal Gov't - General
The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C. could impact your business.
Posted: | Littler Category: Law Firm News
VALENCIA, SPAIN (April 22, 2022) – Abdón Pedrajas Littler, a leading labor and employment law firm in Spain and part of Litter, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has opened an office in Valencia, Spain. The office will be led by partner Javier Molina, who
Posted: | Ogletree Deakins Category: California - Cal/OSHA
On April 21, 2022, by a 6-1 vote, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board voted to adopt the proposed revisions to the current COVID-19 emergency temporary standards (ETS). The only no vote was from a management representative. The Office of Administrative Law is likely to approve the new
Posted: | CDF Labor Law LLP Category: California - Wage & Hour
By: California Proposes Bill To Expand Employer Pay Transparency and Pay Data Reporting
On February 17, 2022, Senate Bill 1162 was introduced to further burden employers as to “pay transparency” and “pay data reporting”. SB 1162 proposes two major changes:
Requiring employers to submit pay data reports to the
Posted: | Ogletree Deakins Category: Age Discrimination
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a ruling concerning the discharge of Michael Harris from his position with the City of Schertz as the city marshal. In doing so, the Fifth Circuit gave a bit more clarity on the situations in which comments made by an employer or
Posted: | Jackson Lewis Category: Mississippi
Mississippi Governor, Tate Reeves, had three options. He could have vetoed the state’s pending pay equity bill. He did not.
He could have let it come into effect without action. He passed on this path too.
Instead, on April 20, Governor Reeves signed the bill into law. And now every
Posted: | Jackson Lewis Category: California - Cal/OSHA
On April 21, 2022, Cal/OSHA’s Standards Board voted to approve the Third Readoption of the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS).
The third adoption makes some changes to the ETS previously in effect. Some of the more significant changes include:
Elimination of the requirement that face coverings pass the “light
Posted: | Littler Category: HR - Hiring Process
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a federal law that governs employment-related background checks. Most lawsuits asserting federal claims proceed in federal court.1 The FCRA is atypical in that FCRA claims can proceed in either federal or state court. A new opinion from a California court of appeal
Posted: | Ogletree Deakins Category: Benefits - Retirees
Employers that provide 401(k) and other defined contribution retirement plans to their employees on plan documents that have been “pre-approved” by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) must sign updated documents by July 31, 2022.
Posted: | Littler Category: California - Cal/OSHA
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA or “the Division”) Standards Board met on April 21, 2022, and formally approved the third readoption of its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (“3rd Revised ETS”), by a 6-1 vote. There were no substantive changes from the earlier draft text. Under Governor
Posted: | Jackson Lewis Category: HR - COVID, Coronavirus
When a district court judge in Florida lifted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) federal COVID-19 mask mandate on April 19, 2022, the Transportation Safety Administration stopped enforcing it. However, the judge’s ruling left it up to airlines and local transit agencies to decide how to respond.
Many
Posted: | elinfonet Category: HR Headlines Tags: Evil HR Lady
I’m a big fan of salary transparency. I don’t want people to get paid less simply because they don’t know what the market rate is.
I wrote about this at Workable here: Salary transparency: Good thing for employees – and employers?
I had the opportunity to talk with Neelie at and