The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has revised its “Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law” poster to reflect current federal employment discrimination law including the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 and the Genetic Informatio Read more

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The definition of what constitutes a “disability” under proposed Equal Employment Opportunity Commission revisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act rules will be “interpreted broadly,” according to the agency.

The proposed rules were published Sept. Read more

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to conform its Americans with Disabilities Act regulations to the Amendments Act of 2008, and has also issued a question and answer guide to the rule changes.

The EEOC is proposing changes both to the ADA regulation itself and to the Int Read more

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has revised its Compliance Manual to reflect the requirements of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which allows complainants to file fair pay charges up to 300 days after receiving a paycheck which allegedly perp Read more

Employers who are thinking of offering severance agreements and waivers to departing employees should review the guidance offered by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission aimed at helping the employee to decide whether to sign it.

To minimize the risk of potential litigation, many emplo Read more

On June 17, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted to revise its regulations on the Americans with Disabilities Act to reflect changes made by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. Read more

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a notification reminding employers about employment discrimination issues and the H1N1 (swine flu) virus.

The EEOC advisory notes that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of national origin, for example, discrimination against Mexicans, and Read more

A Maryland-based storage facility will pay $95,000 and provide “other substantial relief” to settle a perceived disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC.

According to the EEOC, the company unlawfully fired a maintenance worker who had a visible disfigurement due to severe burns. Read more

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a technical assistance document for what it calls the “ADA-Compliant Employer Preparedness for the H1N1 Flu Virus.”

The EEOC says that the document answers basic questions about workplace prep Read more

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a supplement to its enforcement guidance on unlawful treatment of workers with caregiving responsibilities.

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports job pattern information for women and minorities in 2007, which for the first time includes State of Hawaii information. Read more

Workplace discrimination charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has soared to an unprecedented level of 95,402 during Fiscal Year 2008 ending Sept.

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Stating that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had “abandoned its role as a neutral investigator” and had made an “insupportable demand for compensatory damages as a weapon to force settlement” in a case involving an Americans with Disabilities Act discrimination claim, the Fifth Circuit orders the EEOC to pay approximately $225,000 attorneys’ fees and costs to the company.
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