Black and female candidates are sometimes interviewed after the recipient of a job is identified, current and former employees say.
Archives for May 19, 2022
Former Athletic Trainer Sues White Sox for Discrimination
Earlier this month, former White Sox athletic trainer Brian Ball filed a lawsuit against the team alleging discrimination based on his sexual orientation, age, and disability status. Ball names White Sox executive vice president Ken Williams, general manager Rick Hahn, assistant general manager Jeremy Haber, and other members of
The Stop WOKE Act may put a ‘strategic pause’ on DEI efforts
Cindy-Ann L. Thomas discusses Florida’s controversial Stop WOKE Act that restricts diversity, equity and inclusion trainings in the workplace and how it will affect employers with people or operations in Florida.
HR Dive
EEOC Issues Guidance on Artificial Intelligence and Americans with Disabilities Act Considerations
On May 12, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a “Technical Assistance” (TA) document addressing compliance with ADA requirements and agency policy when using AI and other software to hire and assess employees.
Planned redundancies up 60 per cent as firms feel pressure of interest rate rise and borrowing costs
Raoul Parekh talks about an increase in planned redundancies in the UK, due to higher interest rates and borrowing costs, as well as hangover effects of the pandemic.
City A.M.
Employment tribunal: use of word ‘bald’ can amount to sex-based harassment
Philip Cameron discusses a West Yorkshire employment tribunal case in which a man was dismissed from his job after a profanity-laced exchange led to an employment tribunal ruling that being called ‘bald’ at work is harassment related to sex.
Personnel Today
The prevention managers of the company can visit the teleworker
Employers in Spain are required by law to assess the health and safety of their employees, but as Javier Molina discusses, that’s challenging when employees are working remotely.
CincoDías
Del. The Latest State To Enact Paid Family, Medical Leave Law
Michelle Barrett Falconer talks about recently passed leaves of absence laws in Maryland and Delaware, and advises employers to keep an eye on the states passing leave laws.
Law360
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Littler Adds Shareholder Stacey Blank In Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (May 18, 2022) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Stacey F. Blank as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office.
Blank helps clients navigate all stages of litigation from initial strategy building to mediation, arbitration, trials and appeals. She
Trailblazing Labor Contracts End U.S. Women’s Soccer Players’ Equal Pay Lawsuit
The U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF), the governing body for international soccer in the United States, and the unions representing the women’s and men’s national soccer teams, U.S. Women’s National Team Players Association, and the U.S. National Soccer Team Players Association have reached a pair of collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) with
Delaware Joins the Family (Paid Family-Medical Leave, That Is)
On May 10, 2022, Governor John Carney signed into law the Healthy Delaware Families Act, adding Delaware to an expanding list of jurisdictions with a paid family and/or medical leave (PFML) requirement.1 The law creates a statewide paid family and medical leave insurance program funded through employer and employee