On April 20, 2015, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued highly anticipated proposed regulations addressing the application of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) to workplace wellness programs. In recent years, the EEOC has been sharply criticized for challenging employers’ wellness programs under the ADA despite not having issued regulations addressing those programs. Its … Continue Reading
On July 31, 2014, with a stroke of his pen, President Obama promulgated new rules targeting government contractors who commit “serious,” “repeated,” “willful” and “pervasive” violations of laws regulating the workplace. The executive order also will change government contractor payroll practices and will limit the use of predispute mandatory arbitration agreements. Even before the new … Continue Reading
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on BakerHostetler’s Employment Law Spotlight blog. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued its “Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination and Related Issues.” It was no minor undertaking. According to the EEOC’s Questions and Answers about the Guidance, it “updates prior guidance on this subject in light of legal … Continue Reading
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on BakerHostetler’s Employment Law Spotlight blog. Over the past decade, the number of claims pregnant workers have filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has risen by almost 50 percent, according to the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC). Most of these workers assert that their employers denied them … Continue Reading
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