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Posted on Aug 19, 2019 on Discrimination and Harassment, Race / Color, Retaliation, Sex by Robert G. Brody and Lindsay M. Rinehart
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently announced the 2019 EEO-1 Component 2 portal is open. If you are an employer with 100 or more employees, you are required to electronically file Component 2. Component 2 …
Posted on Aug 19, 2019 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Retaliation, Sex by Robert G. Brody and Lindsay M. Rinehart
A former employee of the New York County Lawyers Association (“NYCLA”) recently filed a discrimination suit alleging the bar association harassed and discriminated against her due to pregnancies. While the case is just beginning, it …
Posted on Aug 14, 2019 on Discrimination and Harassment, Firm Happenings, Firm News and Victories, News, Retaliation, Sex by Robert G. Brody
We are pleased to announce our very own Kate Bogard will be speaking at the WC2020 Women’s Conference on September 13th in Stamford, Connecticut. Kate will be discussing best practices for employers in the #MeToo …
Posted on Aug 13, 2019 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
A win for the good guys (sort of)! The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the federal appellate court for Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky, recently held an employee who claims he …
Posted on Aug 13, 2019 on Discrimination and Harassment, Sex by Robert G. Brody and Lindsay M. Rinehart
On May 23, 2019, the City Council of Kansas City, Missouri passed an ordinance intended to close the salary gap between males and females. If you’re asking yourselves “why Kansas City?” the ordinance reports the …
Posted on Aug 9, 2019 on Age, Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Race / Color, Religious, Retaliation, Sex, Sexual Orientation by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
New York State continues to lead the charge in enacting expansive discrimination protections for employees. In its latest move, the State passed a law which the Governor signed extending broad anti-harassment protections to employees of …
Posted on Jul 31, 2019 on Discrimination and Harassment by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
In Australia, an engineer sued his former employer for bullying. He alleged his former supervisor would come into his office and expel gas. (And no, we are not making this up!) The employee referred to …
Posted on Jul 16, 2019 on Disability, Discrimination and Harassment, Retaliation, Sex by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
Pregnancy discrimination often makes headlines as Nike found out on Mother’s Day. Alysia Montańo, an Olympian and professional runner, authored an opinion piece in the New York Times slamming Nike for pregnancy discrimination. Specifically, she …
Posted on Jul 16, 2019 on Discrimination and Harassment, Retaliation, Sex, Sexual Orientation by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) continues to aggressively file sexual harassment cases across the country. Recently, the EEOC filed a federal lawsuit against a Chili’s restaurant in Colorado on behalf of several female servers …
Posted on Jul 10, 2019 on Discrimination and Harassment, News, Race / Color, Religious, Retaliation, Sex, Sexual Orientation by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the federal watchdog for employment discrimination claims, released their long awaited charge statistics for fiscal year 2018. As we have written the last three years, retaliation claims continue to …