By Philip L. Gordon and Zoe M. Argento With the start of 2015, new ban the box laws became effective in Illinois, the City of Chicago, and Montgomery and … Read more
HR 101: To Background Check or NOT to Background Check
When it comes to making hiring decisions, the more information you have about a candidate, the better. More information makes it easier to decide if the … Read more
An Interactive Process Can Help Resolve ADA Accommodation Claims
By Eric B. Meyer So just how did an employer snatch victory from the jaws of defeat after botching a diabetic employee’s request to work a modified … Read more
What to Do About ‘Ban the Box’
“Ban the Box” is a national civil-rights movement backed by advocates for job applicants with criminal convictions. Proponents of these laws believe that … Read more
Biggest Loser Contests at Work? Only If They Pass Muster With the EEOC
By Howard Mavity We are again running a Biggest Loser Contest among our 31 offices and will award prizes, beginning at $1,000, to individuals who lose the … Read more
EEOC to Offer Employers Guidance on Wellness Programs
By Eric B. Meyer The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is obsessed with wellness programs. Or, as the EEOC likes to describe them … Read more
EEOC Guidebook Cranks Up the Push to Combat LGBT Discrimination
By Eric B. Meyer Even without a federal law that specifically bans discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation or gender identify, … Read more
Is It Legal For the EEOC to Send 1,330 Emails to Your Employees?
By Eric B. Meyer Back in 2013, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission began investigating Case New Holland, Inc. for age discrimination, or so a … Read more
EEOC Warns That a Duty to Accommodate May Extend After Childbirth
By Eric B. Meyer Seems one employer may not have received the memo. Now, the EEOC is taking aim. Over the summer, the EEOC issued new guidance on … Read more
New Washington D.C. Law Goes Well Beyond Ban the Box
With over a year of debate and some last-minute amendments, the District of Columbia’s Council recently passed a ban-the-box law that includes its own … Read more