The time to conduct a pay-equity audit is before employees file a suit. Conducted proactively, the audits can prevent thousands or even millions of dollars in damages and legal fees.
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The time to conduct a pay-equity audit is before employees file a suit. Conducted proactively, the audits can prevent thousands or even millions of dollars in damages and legal fees.
Read MoreThe EEOC has highlighted the sections of its guidance it now will not enforce. These include numerous examples such as misgendering, outing someone’s gender identity, denying access to a bathroom consistent with the person’s gender identity and using epithets regarding sexual orientation and gender identity.
Read MoreNothing is more likely to spur a lawsuit than a termination for misconduct or poor performance. Former employees may feel they have nothing to lose by suing you. That’s why you must prepare carefully. Before making a termination decision, you should follow these steps.
Read MoreA memo makes clear that the DOJ wants whistleblowers to come forward with allegations of rogue DEI programs.
Read MoreNot only are sectors such as retail, construction and food service more likely to be hostile environments, but the managers you rely on to stop ongoing harassment may be engaging in the harassment themselves.
Read MoreIf we offer intermittent leave to an employee to care for an ailing parent, but he won’t present a medical certification, can we require him to take FMLA leave?
Read MoreSometimes, our differences may clash in ways that seem impossible to reconcile. It’s hard to make everyone happy. That doesn’t absolve employers from the obligation to try.
Read MoreIn a significant new development, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division has issued a memo elevating immigration violations to white-collar crime status. At the same time, it’s also expanded a corporate whistleblowing pilot program to include immigration violations.
Read MoreIncreasingly, U.S. Supreme Court decisions turn on the exact language Congress chose to use when writing laws. The justices often rely on the ordinary meaning of the words contained in legislation.
Read MoreEarlier this year, the Littler Mendelson law firm surveyed 350 in-house lawyers, business executives and HR professionals and asked them what their greatest concerns were for managing employees this year. Here are their top three.
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