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A Summary of the EEOC’s New COVID-19 Guidance
The EEOC has once again updated its COVID-19 guidance. Here is a quick summary of the new questions and responses: D.13. Is an employee entitled to an accommodation under the ADA in order to avoid exposing a family member who … Continue reading
Updated EEOC Guidance for Employers Permits Testing for COVID-19
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently published updated and expanded technical assistance addressing questions arising under federal equal employment opportunity laws related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The April 23, 2020 guidance, “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and … Continue reading
Posted in ADA, EEOC, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, EEOC Guidance
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COVID-19 & OSHA: Taking the Body Temperatures of Employees
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently issued guidance giving employers the green light to take employees’ body temperatures in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. Should an employer decide to implement such measures, there are possible … Continue reading
Posted in OSHA, Snell & Wilmer
| Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, EEOC Guidance, OSHA
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EEOC Weighs In On The Coronavirus
Recently, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) weighed in and provided guidance on the Coronavirus for employers. Click here to access the EEOC’s update and here to access the EEOC’s guidance on Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the … Continue reading
Posted in ADA, EEOC, Reasonable Accommodation
| Tagged ADAAA, Coronavirus, EEOC Guidance, Rehabilitation Act
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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
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UPDATE: Employers Must File EEO-1 Reports for 2017 and 2018
The EEOC announced last week that employers must file their EEO-1 Component 2 data for calendar years 2017 and 2018 by September 30. The wage data must be broken down by race, sex, and ethnicity. The EEO-1 survey can be found … Continue reading
Posted in EEOC, Pay
| Tagged Chutkan, EEO-1, EEOC Guidance, Equal Pay, Obama, Pay Data, Reporting, Reporting Requirements
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UPDATE: Court Confirms that Employers Are to Provide Pay Data to EEOC by Sep. 30
On April 25, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a ruling accepting the EEOC’s proposal (which we previously reported on here) that employers who file EEO-1 reports must submit wage data broken down by race, sex, and ethnicity by Sep. … Continue reading
EEOC Sets Deadline of Sep. 30 for Employers To Submit Pay Data
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has just announced that it will require employers who file EEO-1 reports (typically employers with at least 100 employees and federal contractors with 50 or more employees and at least $50,000 in contracts) to … Continue reading
Posted in EEOC, Pay
| Tagged Chutkan, District of Columbia, EEO, EEO-1, EEOC Guidance, Equal Pay, Obama, Pay Data, Reporting, Reporting Requirements, Trump
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EEOC May Halt Nationwide Pay Data Collection Efforts
Recently, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s acting chairwoman, Victoria Lipnic, indicated that the agency may cease its efforts for nationwide pay data collection designed to eliminate the gender pay gap. The agency’s measure would have required most private employers … Continue reading
The EEOC’s Assault on Employers’ Parental Leave Policies Continues
There is a reason that employment lawyers often find ourselves warning clients that, “No good deed goes unpunished.” Case in point: many companies offer paid parental leave policies that specifically address and provide paid leave for new mothers to bond … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, EEOC
| Tagged Child Bonding, EEOC Guidance, Gender, Parental Leave
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