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In honor of Mother’s Day, we consider how employers can create workplace policies that recognize the needs of employees – mothers, fathers, even neighbors – with caregiving responsibilities.   Hiring should focus on the applicant’s …

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) says pregnancy discrimination is still rampant, more than 30 years after the passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (“PDA”).  Hearings were just held in Washington to discuss the problem.  …

Breastfeeding is widely regarded as ideal for healthy development of infants.  Due to workplace barriers, many mothers who breastfeed their infants abandon breastfeeding when they return to work.  A growing movement supports workplace policies to …

The Obama Administration may go down in history as the Administration of Enforcement: investigations of worker misclassification and wage and hour issues are way up.  Now we’re seeing it also applies to the civil rights …

 Do you want to hold a company holiday party, but worry about being sued?  In the past, employers have faced worker’s compensation claims for holiday party injuries as well as lawsuits for sexual harassment, …

Even though generally employers can fire someone for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all, they cannot fire someone for a discriminatory reason.  A recent District Court case in Connecticut reminds …

A federal court recently ruled a female employee who contributed to the sexually charged work environment did not establish that she was so offended by male coworkers’ conduct as to constitute sexual harassment.  While the …

Recently, an Illinois jury gave employers a not so subtle reminder that every claim of workplace harassment should be investigated properly.  The jury awarded a former employee $95 million in compensation for the extreme harassment …