On April 15, 2024, the EEOC issued it’s final regualtion on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Read EEOC’s press release here. Read the final rule here.
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EEOC Issues Updated Enforcement Guidance on Harassment
On April 29, 2024, EEOC issued Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace. The guidance replaces Compliance Manual Section 615: Harassment (1987); Policy Guidance on Current Issues of Sexual Harassment (1990); Policy Guidance on Employer Liability under Title VII for Sexual Favoritism (1990); Enforcement Guidance on Harris v. Forklift Sys., Inc. (1994); and Enforcement Guidance…
Groff v. DeJoyAmazon: An Update in the Burden for Religious Accommodation
In Groff v. DeJoy, a unanimous Court reevaluated its precedent and announced a new rule: to deny a religious accommodation, an employer must show that the burden of accommodation “is substantial in the overall context of an employer’s business.” Click here for an overview of the case.
Support for Compliance with Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) M-23-15
To comply with OMB’s M-23-15, released on April 13, 2023, which aims to increase meaningful in-person work at Federal offices, agencies must take the following steps: (1) Update Work Environment plans based on post-reentry plans, describing current policies for telework and related operational policies and anticipated future changes. These plans should be informed by agencies’…
Supreme Court Decides LGBT Employees Are Covered by Civil Rights Act of 1964
On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in the case of Gerald Lynn Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, in which they found that the language of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination, applies to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. EEOC has treated sexual orientation and gender…
Age Discrimination in Hiring
This recent EEOC settlement is a reminder of the importance to avoid using age as a factor in hiring decisions.
Supreme Court to Decide LGBT Rights
We continue to keep an eye on the cases concerning LGBT employment rights that are before the Supreme Court: Bostock v. Clayton County, Ga., No. 17-1618, Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, No. 17-1623, and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, No. 18-107. The link below will take you to a…
Coming Soon…LGBTQ Coverage Clarification
Those of us who are familiar with Federal-sector EEO processing know that EEOC has found that discrimination based on sexual orientation is a form of sex discrimination prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, despite the fact that Title VII does not explicitly include sexual orientation or gender identity in its…
New EEO-Related Legislation
In January 2019, HR-135 was reintroduced and passed the House of Representatives. The bill is called the Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019, and it amends and strengthens the No FEAR Act of 2002. In its current form, the bill has a few interesting provisions: Agencies have to report to EEOC whether disciplinary action has been initiated…
