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Mariah Carey Won’t Let Bipolar Diagnosis “Define” or “Control” Her
Mariah Carey, known as an iconic singer-songwriter and a dramatic diva, disclosed to People magazine last week that she has bipolar disorder. Although she was first diagnosed in 2001, Carey says she...
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EEO-1 Deadline Extended to June 1, 2018
The deadline for employers to file their 2017 EEO-1 reports was recently extended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s EEO-1 Joint Reporting Committee. The reports were originally due on or...
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EEOC Chair Not Seeing Wave of Harassment Claims in Wake of #MeToo
With the #MeToo movement continuing to gain steam, an increase in the number of sexual harassment claims made to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) might be expected. And although the...
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EEOC Sees Uptick in Sexual Harassment Charges, Lawsuits Filed in 2018
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) new report on sexual harassment data for fiscal year (FY) 2018 shows a more than 50 percent increase in sexual harassment lawsuits filed by the...
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Three Companies, Three Disability-Related Charges from the EEOC
What do a shipping company, a manufacturer, and an oil and gas company have in common? They were all found to have violated disability discrimination policies and were held accountable by the Equal...
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Insights into the Latest EEOC Developments
Every HR professional knows to tread carefully around the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Littler releases a report every year to explore the deep inner workings of the EEOC and what it...
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EEOC Advocacy for Flexible Leave Policies Snares Prison Medical Provider
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) figured prominently in the tributes surrounding the death of former President George H.W. Bush. One poignant story emphasized Bush’s wry humor as well as how...
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EEOC Regains Quorum, But Key Vacancies, Questions Remain
The Senate’s confirmation of Janet Dhillon to take a seat on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) means the agency has a quorum—for now—but the five-member commission still has two...
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Learn How to Avoid Religious Coercion at Night School
In the film Night School, the main character experiences a workplace that mixes religion and the workplace in a way that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) would not approve of. Source:...
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Boss, You Can’t Say That—It’s Retaliation”
When a federal jury in a retaliation case hands a $1.5 million verdict to a Phoenix police sergeant, the case gets my attention. The April 10, 2019, verdict made headlines in the Arizona Republic,...
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What Is the True Cost of Expanded EEO-1 Reporting?
After several months of uncertainty, we now know that employers will be required to submit Component 2 data (i.e., employee wage and hour data) to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by...
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Job Applicants with Criminal Charges, Convictions: What Can Employers Do?
Employers often use job applications to seek information about candidates’ conviction records. Criminal background checks are often performed before hiring an employee. The reasons for seeking the...
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Making a Slam Dunk in Hiring and Promotion Decisions
Here in O’Town, we are thrilled that the Magic made it to the NBA playoffs—and at the time of this post, have won their first game against the Toronto Raptors. In basketball, of course, it’s easy to...
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EEOC Settles Claim in Favor of Male Softball Coach
Gender discrimination has a long, dark history in the United States. For centuries, the workplace—and society in general—has been dominated by men, and only relatively recently have women become almost...
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Common Examples of Gender Bias in the Workplace
In a previous post, we discussed a recent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) case regarding a blatant form of gender discrimination in which a male softball coach at a Baltimore school was...
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HR Pro Caught in Loyalty Dilemma Sues for Retaliation
Under normal circumstances, the HR department represents the interests of the company in dealing with employee complaints, including external inquiries such as Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
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EEOC Extends EEO-1 Component 2 Deadline
September 30, 2019, is no longer a hard deadline for employers to submit pay and hours-worked data to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as part of the annual EEO-1 report. Source:...
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Taking a Load Off: EEOC Cracks Down on Unlawful Accommodation Policies
A Texas-based employer has agreed to pay $2.65 million to settle a lawsuit in which the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) claimed it violated federal discrimination laws by refusing to...
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EEOC Consent Decree Serves to Remind Employers to Reevaluate Screening Practices
Dollar General is the latest employer to settle with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over its use of criminal history information in the hiring process. AndreyPopov / iStock / Getty...
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EEOC Eyeing Changes to Its Conciliation Process
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is proposing changes to its conciliation procedure, a process that employers have criticized for years. Source: designer491 / iStock / Getty Images...
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