Search Blog
Subscribe to Blog
Enter your email address to
receive notifications of new
posts by email.About this Blog
Snell & Wilmer’s Labor and Employment Law Blog provides breaking news and updates on legal issues facing employers.Topics
- ADA
- ADEA
- Arbitration
- Arizona
- California
- Class Action
- Colorado
- Confidentiality
- Discrimination
- DOL
- EEOC
- FCRA
- Federal Contractor
- FLSA
- FMLA
- Handbook
- Hiring
- Idaho
- Immigration
- Independent Contractor
- Labor
- Minimum Wage
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- NLRA
- NLRB
- OSHA
- Pay
- Reasonable Accommodation
- Restrictive Covenant
- Sick Leave
- Snell & Wilmer
- Social Media
- Texas
- Title VII
- Trade Secrets
- Transgender
- Uncategorized
- Unions
- Utah
- Whistleblower
- Work Authorization
Pregnancy Likely to Be Added to Short List of Required Employment Accommodation
Most federal and state employment discrimination laws prohibit any kind of adverse personnel action based upon any of the enumerated protected categories, e.g., race, sex, national origin, age, etc. Currently, only two federal discrimination laws go further and, not only … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, EEOC, Reasonable Accommodation
| Tagged Accommodation, EEOC Guidance, Pregnancy, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, Reasonable Accommodation
Share this Article:
Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Law – Recent Developments
2020 brought employment law practitioners several federal court decisions that proved to be interesting, instructive and, at times, entertaining. Some decisions were victories for employees, and others were victories for employers. No matter the outcome, however, all the opinions continue … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Pay, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Disability, Equal Pay, Salary History, Supreme Court, Title VII
Share this Article:
Supreme Court Confirms LGBTQ Employees Are Protected Under Title VII
Courts have struggled to uniformly decide whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which makes it unlawful for employers to discriminate because of a person’s “sex,” protects employees from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or transgender … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, EEOC, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Title VII
Share this Article:
Mandatory Bereavement Leave and Gender Expression/Sexual Orientation Protection Bills Working Their Way Through Arizona’s Legislature
Two important employment-related bills have been introduced in the House of Representatives of Arizona’s legislature. The first, HB2116, would make bereavement leave for the death of a child mandatory for any employers that are already subject to the Family and Medical … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, Discrimination, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged discrimination, FMLA, Leave
Share this Article:
New CROWN Laws: Natural Hair and Protective Hairstyles in the Workplace
With the start of the new year, California’s new law prohibiting hair discrimination has taken effect. Although California was the first state to prohibit discrimination on the basis of hair, similar legislation is appearing across the United States. New York and New … Continue reading
Posted in California, Discrimination, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged California, discrimination, Hair, Proposed Legislation, Race
Share this Article:
New Mexico Employment Law 2019 Review
It’s been a busy year for the New Mexico legislature – especially in the employment space. Check out Benjamin Nucci and Walker Crowson’s Legal Alert here taking a look at six employment bills impacting New Mexico employers.
Posted in Discrimination, Handbook, Minimum Wage, New Mexico, Pay, Sick Leave, Transgender
| Tagged At-Will, Ban the Box, Bill, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave, Senate Bill, Susana Martinez, Union Security
Share this Article:
EEOC Changes Policy on Mandatory Arbitration
This past week, the EEOC withdrew its 1997 policy statement regarding mandatory binding arbitration agreements. In that policy statement, the EEOC took the position that the use of mandatory binding arbitration agreements as a condition of employment were contrary to … Continue reading
Posted in Arbitration, Discrimination, EEOC
| Tagged Circuit City Stores, Concepcion, EEOC charge, Employment Arbitration Agreements, Epic Systems, Lamps Plus, Policy, Public Policy, SCOTUS
Share this Article:
No Crystal Ball for the ADA: Future Disabilities Not Protected Under Act
On October 29, 2019, a panel of Seventh Circuit Appellate Court Judges held that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) does not cover alleged discrimination based on future impairments. Shell v. Burlington N. Santa Fe Ry. Co., No. 19-1030, 2019 WL … Continue reading
Posted in ADA, Discrimination, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged ADAAA, Disability, Seventh Circuit
Share this Article:
The Customer is Not Always Right: Sex Museums and Harassment
New York City’s Museum of Sex (“the Museum”) is facing a lawsuit from a former employee who alleges that the Museum failed to protect her from sexual harassment by her co-workers and the Museum’s patrons. The plaintiff’s complaint alleges that … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, EEOC, Uncategorized
| Tagged Civil Rights, EEOC charge, EEOC Guidance, Harassment, Museum, New York, Sex Museum, Sexual Harassment, Title VII
Share this Article:
Paid Parental Leave for Employees? Make Sure This Benefit is Truly Gender Neutral
A recent settlement between the American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”) and a national employer highlights the importance of ensuring that paid parental leave benefits provided by employers are not just written in a gender neutral policy, but also administered on … Continue reading