An Essential Resource for Employers
June is Pride Month and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued timely guidance on the protections extended to LGBTQIA+ workers under Title VII.
In June 2020, the Supreme Court determined that Title VII’s prohibition against discrimination based on sex extended to sexual orientation and gender identity. Bostock v. Clayton County was a landmark case…
Today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) substantially augmented its technical assistance questions and answers related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal equal employment opportunity laws. It also released a new document targeted at employees and job applicants that explains how federal anti-discrimination…
On May 10, 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued a notice that, effective immediately, case closure documents will be issued solely through the EEOC’s Portal and will no longer be sent to parties by U.S. Mail. Importantly, this means that the EEOC’s Notice of Right to Sue Letter to the complainant, which starts…
In May of 2020, we reported that the EEOC announced that it would delay collection of 2019 EEO-1 Component 1 data from employers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The EEOC announced today that collection of 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 data is now open and the data must be submitted by July 19, 2021.
The filing…
The New Jersey Department of Health and the Department of Law and Public Safety (which oversees the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights) have issued guidance in the form of FAQs regarding the right of employers to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine under New Jersey law. The guidance generally tracks that published by the federal Equal…
As employers wrestle with whether to require vaccines for employees or how to encourage employees to get vaccinated voluntarily, many companies are implementing incentive programs that provide gifts, paid time off and even cash payments to employees who get vaccinated. In doing so, employers need to consider whether their vaccine programs should be treated as…
Employers may be interested in requiring or incentivizing their workforces to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to help curb the potential spread of the virus in the workplace. Before undertaking such a program, employers should stop and think about the legal considerations that will influence how such programs are structured.
There may be exceptions…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that it will issue much anticipated guidance that revises its nondiscrimination rules for wellness programs under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act. The two sets of proposed regulations replace rules that the EEOC withdrew in 2018 after a federal district court invalidated key provisions…
Ballard Spahr Labor attorneys Meredith Dante, Steve Suflas, and Chris Kelly discuss what a Biden-Harris administration means for employers in the area of labor and employment law. The team discusses what they expect to see from a new administration regarding: potential changes to the National Labor Relations Act; the priorities of a new National Labor…
