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 with the EEOC. According to the EEOC, Scripps “subjected a
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 identification of this area as an “emerging or developing” issue
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 focusing its efforts on areas that EEOC considers most critical.
In a boon for employers with exempt employees, the Third Circuit held earlier this year as an issue of first impression that paid time off (PTO) is not part of an exempt employee’s salary under the federal Fair Labor
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 through information sharing, joint investigations, training and outreach.
The WHD’s
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) became effective on June 27, 2023 and enhances the accommodation protections provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). For more information on how the PWFA differs from the ADA, see my prior article
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 technology. The case has now been settled by the parties
On July 17, 2023, the California Supreme Court delivered its highly anticipated response to the United States Supreme Court decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, 142 S. Ct. 1906 (2022), clarifying the effect of enforceable arbitration agreements on
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 practices and expressions of their employees. The Court’s June 29,
