On January 10, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida approved a nearly $1.5 million settlement agreement in a case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment
Continue Reading Furniture Retailer Settles for $1.5 Million with EEOC Over Allegations of Categorically Failing to Hire Women and Segregating its Workforce by Sex
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) continues its focus on challenging employment leave policies as discriminatory under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The “Voluntary Resignation” Policy
On September
Continue Reading The EEOC Continues to Challenge Leave Policies as Discriminatory
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced that Scripps Medical Group (Scripps) has agreed to pay $6.875 Million to settle an age/disability discrimination charge that had been filed
Continue Reading Mandatory Retirement Age Policy Results in $6.875 Million Settlement with the EEOC
In recent months, the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) has intensified its scrutiny of employer qualification standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This trend follows the EEOC’s
Continue Reading EEOC Vigorously Scrutinizing Employment Qualification Standards Under the ADA
EEOC makes no secret as to the policies and practices most likely to trigger systemic action. Indeed, since 2012, EEOC has issued official Strategic Enforcement Plans as a framework for
Continue Reading What Issues will EEOC be Flagging for Systemic Cases? EEOC Tells Employers in New Strategic Enforcement Plan.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate cooperation between the two agencies
Continue Reading EEOC and DOL/WHD Sign Formal Cooperation Agreement
We previously reported here on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) lawsuit alleging that a group of affiliated employers engaged in age discrimination through the use of artificial intelligence
Continue Reading The EEOC Obtains a Settlement in its Artificial Intelligence Class Action
In the flurry of controversial U.S. Supreme Court rulings issued at the end of this term, one unanimous opinion flew under the radar which impacts how employers must accommodate religious
Continue Reading SCOTUS Makes it Harder for Employers to Establish an Undue Burden Defense in Religious Accommodation Cases
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) becomes effective on June 27, 2023, and enhances the accommodation protections provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Although the PWFA does not
Continue Reading How the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Enhances Protections for Pregnant Workers and What Employers Need to Know to Comply with the New Law.