It took less than 24 hours for Maryland's General Assembly to override Governor Larry Hogan's veto of the state's new minimum-wage law. For many lawmakers, the override was seen as a forgone conclusion, as reflected by the final vote tally. In fact, the override vote...
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Month: March 2019
EEOC Asks For Industry Perspective On Ending Workplace Harassment
"When you get cultural change on civil rights, it happens because industry leaders do the right thing," said the commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently. The agency brought a dozen or more business leaders to its headquarters on March 20...
Large Employers To Begin Reporting Fair Pay Data As Soon As May
Employers with more than 100 employees will soon be required to submit detailed reports on how their workers are paid, broken down by gender, race and ethnicity. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission passed a rule requiring the reports in 2016, but the rule was...
Tale as Old as Time: #MeToo #Vashti
The Me Too Movement takes its name from the phrase created a decade ago by civil rights activist Tarana Burke and popularized by Alyssa Milano when she encouraged women to tweet it to "give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem." Since October 2017, #MeToo...
Women’s National Soccer Team Sues For Gender, Pay Discrimination
The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team holds three Women's World Cup trophies and four Olympic gold medals, among a number of other achievements. The team has been ranked No. 1 of No. 2 for most of the 2000s and 2010s and is currently ranked No. 1. It entered the...
Facing Criticism, Walmart Will Offer Disabled Greeters New Jobs
Walmart announced recently that it plans to eliminate the position of store greeter at all U.S. stores, effective in late April. The news came as a shock to many Walmart greeters, especially those with disabilities. In the past, Walmart had been praised for providing...
Can someone be the victim of age discrimination in their 20s?
Under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), employers cannot fire, refuse to hire or otherwise discriminate against employees because of their age. But, if you were to dig a little deeper into the ADEA, you would quickly find that it actually only...