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Employment Law

Puzder tipped off to Democrats’ HELP Committee queries

02/15/2017
Andrew Puzder, President Trump’s nominee to become Secretary of Labor, got a preview of the tough questioning that he was to expect Feb. 16 during his scheduled confirmation hearings.

Snapshot – Retaliation: The most common EEOC charge

02/15/2017
Retaliation passed race discrimination as the most common EEOC charge in 2009.

EEOC issues new enforcement guidance on harassment

02/09/2017
The EEOC has issued proposed guidance on how it plans to enforce anti-harassment provisions of several federal laws.

N.Y. firm that runs Senate cafeteria faces contract ban

02/09/2017
The U.S. Department of Labor has initiated disbarment proceedings against the New York City company that holds the contract to operate the U.S. Senate’s cafeteria in Washington, D.C.

Cuomo executive orders aim to close wage gap

02/09/2017
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has issued two executive orders designed to close the wage gap between male and female state employees in New York.

Never, ever ignore an employee’s lawsuit

02/09/2017
Employers that don’t respond to a former employee’s lawsuit are making a big mistake—even if they truly believe the lawsuit has no merit.

Isolated ‘leering’ doesn’t amount to harassment

02/09/2017
Absent other evidence of sex discrimination, such as unequal pay or disparate treatment, a few comments or looks don’t create a sexually hostile environment.

Long absence due to illness? Keep employee apprised of FMLA status

02/09/2017
Sometimes it’s obvious that an employee will miss much more work than her available leave can cover. When that happens, provide her with all the necessary notices about how much leave she has used and when it expires.

When harassment is pervasive, chase down the root causes and fix it

02/09/2017
Appealing to workers’ sense of decency will do nothing to prevent harassment lawsuits if that approach doesn’t effectively stop the harassment.

What you can do to discourage union organizing

02/09/2017
Unions have the right to try to organize. Employers have the right to oppose unionization.