Do I need to send out a document to let employees know all of the changes, or is an online copy sufficient for them to access?

EEOC rules implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act say employers should routinely grant pregnant employees’ requests for time off to attend pregnancy-related medical appointments. It’s so clear-cut that one employer just quickly agreed to settle when the EEOC threatened to file a failure-to-accommodate lawsuit under the PWFA.

The key to complying with the Fair Labor Standards Act lies in accurate record-keeping.

The EEOC filed 110 lawsuits challenging unlawful employment discrimination in fiscal year 2024, placing an emphasis on what a commission statement called “emerging issues and advancing the employment rights of underserved and vulnerable workers.”

Studies show that employers with diverse workforces outperform homogenous organizations on such important measures as innovation, revenue and profitability. However, employers intent on fostering diversity must do it in a way that doesn’t discriminate against any specific group of applicants or employees.

If you need a reason to stamp out workplace name-calling, discriminatory work assignments and retaliation, consider the massive punitive-damages award a jury recently granted to an employee who sued because of ongoing racist behavior by a supervisor. 

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When the Supreme Court recently made it more difficult for federal agencies to pass regulations interpreting the laws agencies enforce, many employers believed the ruling might free them from new and burdensome regulations. That may be true, but there’s a huge downside.

Every fall, Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute releases an annual report on the top issues for corporate executives. One of the top trends that impact every size employer is the increased complexity of state and local employment laws.

There is no federal law that requires employers to provide voting leave. Whether you provide paid time off depends on your policies and whether you are in a jurisdiction that requires it.