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Posted on Nov 17, 2021 on Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, News by Bruce E. Buchanan
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), through the Civil Rights Division’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER), and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) have reached separate settlement agreements with Facebook regarding its use of …
Posted on Sep 29, 2021 on Discrimination and Harassment, Immigration Related Issues, Legal Updates by Bruce E. Buchanan
The Civil Rights Division’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached a settlement with Ascension Health Alliance (Ascension), a health care organization with more than 2,600 sites, including …
Posted on Aug 20, 2021 on Discrimination and Harassment, Featured, Legal Updates, News, Sex, Wage and Hour by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
August 10, 2021 – Equal Wage for comparable work (worth) is not a new concept, but in recent years states have been more focused on making such a concept a reality for workers. These efforts …
Posted on Apr 6, 2021 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, Privacy Rights by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
April 6, 2021 Earlier this year the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) delivered to the Federal Register, for publication and public comment, its Notices of Proposed Rulemakings (the “Rule”) on wellness programs under …
Posted on Mar 11, 2021 on Discrimination and Harassment, Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, Race / Color by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
March 11, 2021 Yesterday, Connecticut’s Governor, Ned Lamont, signed into law the CROWN Act, also known as “An Act Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair.” With this action, Connecticut joins a growing …
Posted on Oct 16, 2020 on Discrimination and Harassment, Featured, Legal Updates by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
October 8, 2020 With the unrelenting impact of COVID-19 on businesses and the presidential campaign in full swing it was easy to miss President Trump’s recent order barring certain types of sensitivity training for federal …
Posted on Jul 30, 2020 on Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, Published Articles by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
To be published in the Rockland County Business Journal on August 3, 2020 Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) modified the standard it uses for determining if an employee has been lawfully …
Posted on Jun 17, 2020 on Discrimination and Harassment, Featured, Legal Updates, News by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
On Monday, June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay and transgender workers from discrimination in the workplace. This ruling marks a huge win …
Posted on May 21, 2020 on Age, Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates by Robert G. Brody and Mark J. Taglia
In January 2020, in a case pending before the United States Supreme Court, Babb v. Wilkie, Chief Justice John Roberts posed the question to plaintiff’s counsel, if asking “OK, Boomer?” just once during the hiring …
Posted on Feb 26, 2020 on Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates by Robert G. Brody
As of November 2019, New York State prohibits employment discrimination based on an employee’s or an employee’s dependent’s “reproductive health decision-making.” This would include questions regarding whether an employee plans to explore in vitro fertilization, …