Ban the Box legislation can be an important tool in remedying Black underemployment by removing employers' ability to use criminal history as a proxy for discrimination. However, it only attacks a symptom of the problem created by America's racist history, the...
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California Workplaces Open in Stages, Raising New Questions for Employees
While the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to pose a health risk across the U.S., Governor Gavin Newsom plans to reopen the California economy in four stages under the "Resilience Roadmap." But as businesses resume operations, how will employees be protected and protect...
Bring ‘Em All Back? – Knowing Your Rights in the “New Normal”
As state and local economies reopen, employers across the country are cautiously welcoming employees back to their jobs, fearing a resurgence of the COVID-19 outbreak. For returning workers, the workplace will be different from before, including the extent to which...
Bring ‘Em All Back? – Privacy and Other Employment Issues in the “New Normal”
In recent weeks, the White House released guidelines for reopening the nation's economy, largely punting to state and local officials to assess whether they are sufficiently prepared to stay ahead of the COVID-19 spread and when to reopen non-essential businesses. In...
Working From Home During COVID-19: Employees May Face Discrimination From Participation in Videoconferences
As the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis continues, many companies have arranged for significant portions of their workforce to perform their jobs remotely. The physical delineation between work and home has been blurred, and videoconferencing tools to virtually connect...
Workplace Rights and Protections for California Healthcare Workers
There is no shortage of heroes in California during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among the doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. They put themselves in harm's way every day to help others. Not only do healthcare workers put their own health at risk...
ACDs Now Off Limits in New York Hiring and Employment Decisions
The laws in New York and elsewhere throughout the country have come a long way in recent years when it comes to protecting job applicants from employment discrimination based on criminal history. "Ban the box" laws and ordinances facilitate opportunities for tens of...
U.S. Supreme Court Finds Enhanced Protection For Older Federal Employees
On Monday, The Supreme Court held that the ADEA allows federal employees to sue over any age bias that is part of an adverse employment action, not just in cases where that bias is the determining factor. Facts Petitioner Noris Babb worked as a pharmacist for the...
Religious Discrimination in the Workplace: Understanding Reasonable Accommodation
Over the last decade, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has received an average of 3,573 charges of religious discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Those are just the reported incidents; many more are suspected of going unreported,...
Do Employment Discrimination Plaintiffs in the District of Columbia Have 180 or 300 Days to File their Charges with the EEOC? The Epps Court, Briefly an Outlier, Now Says D.C. Plaintiffs have 300 Days.
By Mikael Rojas and Maria Malaver Both plaintiff and defense-side employment counsel have long understood that Title VII claimants in the District of Columbia had up to 300 days from an adverse action to file a charge with the D.C. Field Office of the Equal...
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