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EEOC: Employer refused remote work for employee who had stroke, violating ADA
Working on site was not an essential function of the employee’s job responding to customer inquiries, according to the lawsuit.
By Laurel Kalser • Sept. 23, 2024 -
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North American firms are largely transparent on pay — mostly thanks to regulators, WTW finds
Jurisdictions in 15 states and Washington, D.C., mandate pay transparency, and some also mandate pay data collection.
By Ryan Golden • Sept. 20, 2024 -
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TrendlineInside the rapidly changing world of compliance
The HR landscape is ever-shifting, leaving compliance professionals to meet today’s requirements while keeping an eye on the future.
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Clinic settles ADA claim alleging it fired worker on her first day
The company’s CEO allegedly told the employee “she should have disclosed her disability and need for accommodation during her interview.”
By Emilie Shumway • Sept. 19, 2024 -
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Election 202440% of states mandate paid time off to vote — but some employers go a step further
Only 29% of U.S. adults said their company has a voting leave policy, according to the results of a recent survey by Brightmine.
By Ginger Christ • Sept. 19, 2024 -
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Court tosses journalists’ ‘reverse discrimination’ challenge to Gannett’s diversity policy
The plaintiffs still have a chance to amend their complaint to sufficiently allege a cause of action for disparate treatment, the court said.
By Laurel Kalser • Sept. 17, 2024 -
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Generation Z employees are more willing to bend the rules to ‘get the job done,’ survey says
Generational gaps in ethics and compliance could lead to unique challenges for companies with multi-generational workforces, a new report finds.
By Carolyn Crist • Sept. 17, 2024 -
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EEOC claims employer treated workers’ failure to return from FMLA leave as ‘voluntary resignation’
Exhaustion of FMLA leave does not necessarily preclude additional leave under the ADA, the commission and federal courts have said previously.
By Ryan Golden • Sept. 16, 2024 -
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Age and pay bias charges are a problem for the tech industry, EEOC says
The industry’s diversity has “barely changed in a generation,” Chair Charlotte Burrows said Wednesday.
By Kate Tornone • Sept. 16, 2024 -
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Chuck E. Cheese parent company sued over workplace sexual harassment
A 17-year-old employee alleged she was inappropriately touched by a manager over a period of months while working at a West Virginia Chuck E. Cheese.
By Aneurin Canham-Clyne • Sept. 13, 2024 -
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5th Circuit signs off on DOL’s overtime salary basis test
The court’s decision may not be the last word on the issue, however, one attorney told HR Dive.
By Ryan Golden • Sept. 13, 2024 -
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3rd Circuit revives lawsuit against DOL’s home care wage-and-hour final rule
The agency argued that a lawsuit filed by several home care companies was barred by a federal statute of limitations, but the court disagreed, overturning a district court decision.
By Ryan Golden • Sept. 12, 2024 -
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EEOC: Barber school said having two pregnant workers wasn’t in its ‘best interest’
An applicant was rejected for a hair braider position based on her pregnancy, the lawsuit alleged.
By Ginger Christ • Sept. 11, 2024 -
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EEOC settles 3 construction harassment cases for a combined $2.9M
The federal workplace watchdog took enforcement actions against Florida-based J.A. Croson, New Jersey's Asphalt Paving Systems and Balfour Beatty's U.S. infrastructure arm.
By Joe Bousquin • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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FedEx required employees with disabilities to be 100% healed, EEOC claims
The company placed employees on leave even when they could perform essential job functions with or without a reasonable accommodation, per the suit.
By Ryan Golden • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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6th Circuit revives ADA suit alleging Ohio plant failed to accommodate employee with COPD
An automotive painting company allegedly failed to conduct an “individualized inquiry” into the employee’s actual breathing limitations, the court said.
By Laurel Kalser • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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Mailbag: We rejected a job candidate. When can we delete their information?
General guidance on this question differs depending on whether the employer is a government contractor, management-side attorneys told HR Dive.
By Ryan Golden • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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Opinion7 issues to consider when conducting layoffs
Employers should be aware of their rights and obligations in these difficult situations and plan carefully, write Tamsin Kaplan and Michelle Cassorla of law firm Davis Malm.
By Tamsin Kaplan and Michelle Cassorla • Sept. 6, 2024 -
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Judge sides with UKG in assisted living company’s Kronos outage lawsuit
Aegis Senior Communities LLC failed to show that UKG committed gross negligence and fraud amid a 2021 ransomware attack, a California district court found.
By Ryan Golden • Sept. 6, 2024 -
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This week in 5 numbers: Employers to evaluate worker experience, safety
Here’s a roundup of eye-catching numbers, from the percentage of workers uncomfortable providing feedback to HR to the growing Hispanic labor force.
By Ginger Christ • Sept. 5, 2024 -
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Longtime EEOC employee alleges discrimination by agency
The employee, an enforcement manager, said the agency perpetrated gender, race and national origin discrimination when it passed her over for a promotion, according to a lawsuit.
By Ginger Christ • Sept. 4, 2024 -
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Republican lawmakers torch EEOC over ‘reckless and avoidable’ furlough saga
The now-canceled plan to make up for a budget shortfall signals “significant mismanagement,” Reps. Foxx and Kiley said in an Aug. 26 letter.
By Ryan Golden • Sept. 4, 2024 -
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7th Circuit upholds jury verdict finding Walmart liable for discrimination against worker with Down syndrome
The jury found that Walmart violated the ADA by failing to assess whether the employee missed work due to her disability and whether it could accommodate her with a schedule change.
By Laurel Kalser • Sept. 3, 2024 -
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Manufacturer fired 10 workers without considering their vaccine exemption requests, EEOC alleges
The shop foreman told workers there were “not going to be any exemptions” to its COVID-19 vaccine requirement, the agency said in a complaint.
By Emilie Shumway • Sept. 3, 2024 -
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OSHA sets late December comment deadline for extreme heat standard
The agency’s proposed rule would require employers to develop heat injury and illness prevention plans, among other actions.
By Ryan Golden • Aug. 30, 2024 -
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NLRB appoints David Gaston its first chief AI officer
The creation of the role is tied to President Joe Biden’s October executive order requiring all federal agencies to name someone to oversee AI.
By Ginger Christ • Aug. 30, 2024
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