Three Republican members of Congress are the latest critics to raise questions about the appointment of former Washington state unemployment chief Suzi LeVine to run the federal office in charge of unemployment oversight.
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Why Biden’s Repeal Of The Anti-Bias Training Ban Was So Important For Federal Employees
On September 22, 2020, just months before the election, President Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 13950, Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping.
I Miss a Lot of Things About the Office. My Breast Pump Isn’t One.
Working from home has made breastfeeding easier. Let’s hope the flexibility lasts even after the pandemic ends.
Staffing Firms Gain Extra FLSA Overtime Protection
Temporary staffing firms may qualify as “retail or service establishments” and therefore may be able to apply the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) “retail sales” overtime exemption to some of their employees, according to a recent opinion letter from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
Worried About Ageism? Where You Live Matters
A recent study found that implicit bias—a subconscious negative attitude—against older people was most prevalent in the Northeast and Southeast. And age bias might affect how older people are treated in the pandemic.
How to Find Meaning When Your Job Feels Meaningless
Seven tips to help you rekindle your purpose and perspective.
Amazon to Pay Fine for Withholding Tips From Delivery Drivers
Amazon agreed on Tuesday to pay $62 million to the Federal Trade Commission to settle charges that it withheld tips to delivery drivers over a two-and-a-half year period, in a case that highlights the federal government’s increased interest in gig-economy workers.
Pirtek USA to Pay $85,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
Pirtek USA LLC, a fluid power system company based in Rockledge, Fla., has agreed to pay $85,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
Department of Labor gets a chief innovation officer
Chike Aguh is the new chief innovation officer of the Department of Labor, a position left vacant during the Trump administration.
John J. Sweeney, Crusading Labor Leader, Is Dead at 86
As head of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., he embraced immigrants, women, minority groups and low-wage workers in an effort to reverse organized labor’s long decline.
Older Applicant Denied Job Interview Has No Discrimination Claim
A 71-year-old applicant for a pipefitter job could not show age discrimination by the company that rejected him for an interview based on poor references by two former co-workers and purported lack of qualifications, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.
Google to pay $3.8 million over alleged discrimination against women, Asians
As part of the resolution, the tech giant denies wrongdoing.
Why Are So Many Health-Care Workers Resisting the COVID Vaccine?
Tiffany Chance has worked as a certified nursing assistant since 2005. As an African-American woman in her mid-thirties, Chance typifies the demographics of her profession: most C.N.A.s are young, over a third are Black, ninety per cent are women.
Spike in workplace class-action lawsuits seen during the pandemic, report shows
The pandemic has produced a record number of workplace-related class-action rulings, according to a new report from a national law firm.
California isn’t fully tracking serious workplace COVID-19 cases in Fresno. Here’s why
A year after the first COVID-19 case hit California, the state agency in charge of policing offices, warehouses, and other workplaces is understaffed and significantly undercounting the number of people in Fresno County and across the state who’ve fallen seriously ill with the coronavirus.