By Eric B. Meyer What happens when an employee’s national origin claim becomes a retaliation lawsuit? Late last week, Kurt Orzeck at Law360 wrote … Read more
Federal Court Says That Title VII Does Not Prohibit Anti Gay Bias — Yet
By Eric B. Meyer Last week, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission made headlines by filing its first lawsuits against private-sector … Read more
How Companies Can Fight LGBT Discrimination
By Eric B. Meyer I recently blogged here about the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission‘s first lawsuits challenging sexual-orientation … Read more
The EEOC Is Going After Companies Accused by Employees of Anti-Gay Bias
By Eric B. Meyer The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is officially stepping into the ring and taking the fight to private-sector employers … Read more
Survey: 20% of HR People Say They Pay Men More Than Women For Same Work
By Eric B. Meyer So, do we really have a gender pay gap? Or is it just a myth? Well, first let’s talk about this study. Recently, “more than 3,200 workers … Read more
The Critical Importance of Stamping Out Harassment in the Workplace
Harassment is a form of discrimination based on a protected class that is prohibited by law. Harassment in the workplace has seen a renewed focus because … Read more
You May Need This Someday: 9 Steps to Drafting an EEOC Position Statement
By Eric B. Meyer If you’ve ever had to address an EEOC Charge of Discrimination, you know that drafting a good Position Statement, in which the specific … Read more
What Caused Employee to Claim Disability Discrimination on Her 2nd Day of Work?
By Eric B. Meyer When was the last time that you trained your managers and supervisors on how to address disability accommodation requests? Or, how about … Read more
Proposed Rule Would Require Employers to Report Pay Based on Gender and Race
By Richard Meneghello and Sarah Moore The Obama Adminstration announced Friday its intent to gather additional pay information from larger employers, … Read more
New OFCCP Pay Transparency Rules In Effect
The nascent trend toward pay transparency has a friend in the U.S. government, which now prohibits its contractors from discriminating against or punishing … Read more