A ransomware attack took the UKG product offline for weeks and has spawned several lawsuits.
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DOL poster updates include breast milk pumping breaks for exempt employees
The agency also refreshed its Family and Medical Leave Act poster.
Conducting workforce reductions with compassion
The year 2023 is proving to be volatile.
EEOC: Walmart violated the ADA by firing employee for epilepsy-related absences
Walmart allegedly refused to accommodate a manager with epilepsy and fired him after his seizures caused him to miss work, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a March 30 lawsuit (EEOC v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, No. 23-00160 (E.D. N.C. March 30, 2023).
‘When are you going to retire?’: Coded comments drive EEOC age bias lawsuits
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced two age discrimination lawsuits on the same day.
In EEOC settlement, job board agrees to use AI to look for bias
The announcement was a rare note of support from the agency, which has cautioned employers about the tech’s use in recent years.
AI issues hitting HR from ‘everywhere at once,’ former EEOC chair says
Tools developed appropriately may be able to help with DEI initiatives — but therein lies the problem, experts said during a recent SHRM panel.
How to comply with New York’s updated workplace lactation accommodation law
The state’s new requirements are slightly more employee-friendly, but may not require too many adjustments by employers.
Applicant’s refusal to cut dreadlocks was protected by Title VII, EEOC says
A grocery store in Kentucky allegedly engaged in religious discrimination against a job applicant by insisting he cut his dreadlocks to work at the store, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed Dec. 27
EEOC: Company settles ADA suit over refusing remote work for employee at risk for COVID-19
A facility management company agreed to pay $47,500 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging that it refused to let a disabled employee at high risk for catching COVID-19 work part-time from home, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act
EEOC: Recruiter’s sex discrimination, retaliation charge ends in $90K settlement
Two Texas-based companies have agreed to pay $90,000 to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation charge brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of a female recruiter who alleged she was fired after complaining that her boss treated her differently compared to male employees, the EEOC said Tuesday.
4 ways to foster LGBTQ allyship in the workplace
Allyship became personal for Claudia Dulac, head of Diversity & Inclusion for Merrill, when her husband came out as gay in 2009.
Hang new EEO poster ‘as soon as possible,’ EEOC advises
An EEOC spokesperson also told HR Dive how employers with remote and hybrid employees should handle the poster.
Disability, religion may require safety gear exemptions, EEOC says
Emergency transport companies Global Medical Response, Inc. and American Medical Response, Inc. discriminated against employees with disabilities and religious needs when it forced them to shave to keep their jobs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit Sept. 29
EEOC’s year-end lawsuit frenzy was more of a flop. So what’s next?
Despite the judicial rejections of its Bostock guidance, one attorney predicts the agency will double down on fighting LGBTQ discrimination.