Tag: EEOC

As Servicemembers Return to the Workforce, EEOC Reminds Employers of Accommodation Responsibilities

By Kathryn McGovern Feb 29, 2012 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Feb 29, 2012

As large numbers of veterans return from Iraq and Afghanistan, employers must remember that their disability accommodation responsibilities have increased in recent months, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in releasing new guidance Tuesday. The commission updated its Veterans and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): A Guide for Employers which explains how protections for […]

EEOC: Asking Employees to Explain Medical Absences Violated ADA

By Kathryn McGovern Feb 24, 2012 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Feb 24, 2012

Asking an employee to explain the nature of an illness that has kept them out of work violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is arguing in an ongoing California case. The commission sued retailer Dillard’s, which maintained a written policy requiring employees returning from sick leave to submit a doctor’s […]

EEOC to Hold Feb. 15 Meeting on Pregnancy and Caregiver Issues

By Guest Contributor Feb 9, 2012 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Feb 9, 2012

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commissionwill hold a public meeting to discuss pregnancy discrimination and caregiver issues  on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) at agency headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission’s deliberations. At the meeting, […]

Invalid Releases Mean Employees Keep Money and Still Sue

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Feb 6, 2012 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Feb 6, 2012

Releases of claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) are typically part of ERIPs, but they have to be carefully drafted and managed say the attorneys. If they are not, employees probably can keep the money and still sue you. Anderson, a member of Miller & Martin PLLC in Nashville, Tennessee, and Maxwell, […]

EEOC Finalizes Employer Recordkeeping Rules Under GINA

By Kathryn McGovern Feb 3, 2012 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Feb 3, 2012

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has long required employers subject to Title VII and the Americans With Disabilities Act to retain employment records, and now the same is required for those subject to the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. In final rules released Feb. 3, the commission amended its recordkeeping regulations to include employers covered by […]

Employers Beware: EEOC Making New Strategic Plan

By Tammy Binford Jan 30, 2012 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jan 30, 2012

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is seeking comment through February 1 on a four-year strategic plan, and it’s important for employers to know what that plan means to them. The draft of the 2012-2016 plan calls for the agency to: fight employment discrimination through law enforcement; prevent discrimination through education and outreach; and improve […]

EEOC Nets More than $100 Million in FY 2011 For Plaintiffs Alleging Disability Discrimination

By Rita Zeidner Jan 26, 2012 Uncategorized

Updated: Jan 26, 2012

It pays to stay off the  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s enforcement radar. Employers paid more than $100 million in fiscal 2011 to resolve disability discrimination claims enforced by the civil rights agency, it’s annual annual statistical summary. Payouts to workers alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act produced the highest increase in monetary relief […]

When EEOC Suggests Mediation, Should You Say ‘Yes’?

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Jan 16, 2012 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Jan 16, 2012

Schickman is a partner at Freeland Cooper & Foreman LLP in San Francisco. His remarks came at BLR’s Advanced Employment Issues Symposium in Las Vegas. EEOC staffers have a lot of cases, and they want to get cases into their “resolved” file. Also, he adds, you often get some relief on document production and reporting […]

EEOC Reports Record Highs, Reductions in 2011

By Diversity Insight Jan 15, 2012 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Jan 15, 2012

According to the annual Performance and Accountability Report released in November, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finished fiscal year 2011 with a 10 percent decrease in its pending-charge inventory, the first such reduction since 2002. At the same time, the agency achieved the highest-ever monetary amounts through administrative enforcement, and it received a record […]

Casual appraisals: Key Evidence Against You in Court

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Jan 2, 2012 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Jan 2, 2012

Employment law attorneys aren’t allowed to say “document,” West says; they are always required to say “document, document, document.” There’s a good reason for using the famous three words, she adds, because documentation is that important: It gives you credibility It’s how you show the world that you did what you say you did It […]