Takeaway: While closeness in time between protected activity and adverse action can be a factor to show an employer’s bad motive, it is not by itself enough to establish causation, especially if... Read more »
Weis Markets allegedly subjected an employee to sexual harassment and fired her when she refused to comply with an unlawful directive to participate in the company’s employee assistance program (EAP), according to... Read more »
Employers in Maryland and Virginia should be aware of new laws that affect noncompete, confidentiality, nondisclosure, and nondisparagement provisions in pre-dispute agreements that are provided to employees at the onset of or... Read more »
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released two new sets of FAQs, called Volume 2 and Volume 3, to help employers correctly submit their 2022 EEO-1 forms. The guidelines, published on... Read more »
Takeaway: Manipulating or falsifying evidence can result in severe penalties for an employee, including dismissal of claims and sanctions. An employee’s sexual harassment claims based on forged text messages were dismissed, and the... Read more »
A jury recently ordered Google to pay $1.15 million to a New York executive who claimed the company discriminated against her based on her gender, retaliated against her when she complained, and... Read more »
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently charged the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, with illegally firing an employee who publicly opposed the company’s return-to-work mandate. X, based in San Francisco,... Read more »
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently charged the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, with illegally firing an employee who publicly opposed the company’s return-to-work mandate. X, based in San Francisco,... Read more »
At least two large law firms have changed their inclusion, equity and diversity (IE&D) programs recently, after being sued by an anti-affirmative action group, the American Alliance for Equal Rights, founded by... Read more »
On Oct. 11, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law allowing for up to five days of time off work for reproductive-related losses. Senate Bill 848 makes it an unlawful... Read more »
