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According to an investigation by the Center for Public Integrity (CPI), the U.S. Postal Service has been regularly cheating mail carriers out of their rightful pay. The nonprofit investigative news service discovered federal investigations and private arbitrations...
As we previously blogged, many employers are now instituting mandatory vaccine policies for their employees. The EEOC, as well as various courts across the country, have determined that, absent an accommodation for religious or disability-related reasons, employees...
As we previously blogged, some employers are have opted to institute mandatory vaccine policies for their employees, but now many employers won’t have a choice. On Thursday, President Biden announced that all employers with more than 100 employees are required to...
Under Title VII, employees who face adverse actions for complaining about discrimination are able to sue their employers for retaliation. But what about employees who complain about discrimination resulting from their association with people of other races? A...
Many employers - such as United Airlines, Tyson Foods, Google, and the federal government – have decided to make the COVID-19 vaccine a condition of employment. Other employers have opted for a gentler approach: all employees must either be vaccinated or produce...
The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and corresponding state laws require employers to offer 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for qualifying family or medical purposes. The employee’s health benefits are to continue during this leave. When an...
Over the course of the pandemic, many employees have been given the freedom to work from home, or even move around the country while working remotely. For many employers, remote work has not presented any problems in terms of employee productivity or supervision. ...
Three researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Chicago recently released a major audit of discrimination in hiring among large corporations in the United States. After sending out pairs of identical resumes, half of which had...
If you work for a set salary, you may be under the impression that you aren’t entitled to extra pay if you work more than 40 hours in a week. That may not be true. Depending on your job duties and the rate you are paid, you may be entitled to time-and-a-half after you...
Back in 2020, the Supreme Court held in Bostock v. Clayton County that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Recently, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued guidance on...