Tag: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Retaliation, Disability Top Workplace Discrimination Charges
In fiscal year (FY) 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received 67,448 workplace discrimination charges — and, once again, retaliation was the most…
DFEH Updates Pay Data Reporting Guidance, Submission Portal Opening Soon
One new law that took effect on January 1 requires employers, who have 100 or more employees and are subject to federal EEO-1 reporting, to…
California’s New Employer Pay Data Reporting Requirements
The 2020 legislative session was, by far, one of the most unique in modern California history. Some major employment-related bills enacted this year include the…
Updated EEOC COVID-19 Guidance … Again
As we reach the half-year mark of the pandemic state of emergency, government agencies continue to regularly add new and updated COVID-19-related guidance for employers…
Opioid Use in the Workplace Guidance Released
In non-COVID-19-related news, last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released technical guidance on managing opioid addiction in the workplace. As opioid use and…
Why Temperature Checks, Doctor’s Note May Be OK for COVID-19
With the current coronavirus pandemic, I have been wondering what I can do to protect my employees in the workplace. May we take the temperature…
Employers Can’t Require COVID-19 Antibody Testing
As California’s economy continues to reopen, and workplaces start allowing employees to re-enter, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently updated its COVID-19 guidance,…
EEO Data Collections Delayed Due to COVID-19
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that due to the COVID-19 emergency, it will delay opening the 2019 EEO-1 Component 1 data…
Telework During Pandemic Could Affect Future Remote Work Requests
If an employer allows employees to telework during the COVID-19 pandemic, will the employer have to allow them to continue teleworking after the California shelter-in-place…
Retaliation Tops EEOC Charges Again
Retaliation still tops the list of most-filed EEOC charges, as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) details in their 2019 Fiscal Year (FY) breakdown…
