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JBS accused of abusing immigrant workers at Colorado beef plant
As many as 500 French-speaking immigrants were allegedly subject to human trafficking and forced to pay hundreds of dollars for poor living conditions, job applications and transportation.
By Nathan Owens • Sept. 27, 2024 -
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Employer settles claim that HR staff required harassment victim to obtain restraining order
A female employee for a Michigan farming business repeatedly attempted to report a male co-worker’s sexual harassment and physical threats, the agency alleged.
By Ryan Golden • Sept. 27, 2024 -
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Feds’ PWFA enforcement picks up steam
EEOC has filed three pregnancy discrimination lawsuits in as many weeks, and all alleged a failure to accommodate.
By Kate Tornone • Sept. 26, 2024 -
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Home care agency settles allegations it accommodated ‘race-based requests’ for aides
The home health aide provider allegedly terminated the assignments of Black and Hispanic aides to accommodate patients’ and family members’ racial preferences, EEOC said.
By Ginger Christ • Sept. 25, 2024 -
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Major companies keep hiring North Korean IT workers
Dozens of Fortune 100 organizations have inadvertently hired workers from North Korea applying for remote jobs, Mandiant said.
By Matt Kapko • Sept. 25, 2024 -
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Judge stops EEOC from enforcing pregnancy rule, harassment guidance against Catholic association
The association, which includes 1,400 employers, objected to legal requirements related to abortion, infertility treatments, pronoun usage and single-sex spaces.
By Emilie Shumway • Sept. 24, 2024 -
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Agricultural employer group sues to block rule strengthening H-2A worker protections
The rule, which bars employers from retaliating against organizing efforts among temporary farmworkers, has already been overturned in 17 states.
By Sarah Zimmerman • Sept. 24, 2024 -
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False felony conviction on ADP background check tanked candidate’s job offer, suit alleges
The company’s screening services have been the subject of several lawsuits in recent years.
By Ryan Golden • Updated Sept. 24, 2024 -
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EEOC: Employer refused remote work for employee who had stroke, violating ADA
Working on site was not an essential function of the employee’s job responding to customer inquiries, according to the lawsuit.
By Laurel Kalser • Sept. 23, 2024 -
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North American firms are largely transparent on pay — mostly thanks to regulators, WTW finds
Jurisdictions in 15 states and Washington, D.C., mandate pay transparency, and some also mandate pay data collection.
By Ryan Golden • Sept. 20, 2024 -
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Clinic settles ADA claim alleging it fired worker on her first day
The company’s CEO allegedly told the employee “she should have disclosed her disability and need for accommodation during her interview.”
By Emilie Shumway • Sept. 19, 2024 -
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Election 202440% of states mandate paid time off to vote — but some employers go a step further
Only 29% of U.S. adults said their company has a voting leave policy, according to the results of a recent survey by Brightmine.
By Ginger Christ • Sept. 19, 2024 -
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Court tosses journalists’ ‘reverse discrimination’ challenge to Gannett’s diversity policy
The plaintiffs still have a chance to amend their complaint to sufficiently allege a cause of action for disparate treatment, the court said.
By Laurel Kalser • Sept. 17, 2024 -
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Generation Z employees are more willing to bend the rules to ‘get the job done,’ survey says
Generational gaps in ethics and compliance could lead to unique challenges for companies with multi-generational workforces, a new report finds.
By Carolyn Crist • Sept. 17, 2024 -
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EEOC claims employer treated workers’ failure to return from FMLA leave as ‘voluntary resignation’
Exhaustion of FMLA leave does not necessarily preclude additional leave under the ADA, the commission and federal courts have said previously.
By Ryan Golden • Sept. 16, 2024 -
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Age and pay bias charges are a problem for the tech industry, EEOC says
The industry’s diversity has “barely changed in a generation,” Chair Charlotte Burrows said Wednesday.
By Kate Tornone • Sept. 16, 2024 -
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Chuck E. Cheese parent company sued over workplace sexual harassment
A 17-year-old employee alleged she was inappropriately touched by a manager over a period of months while working at a West Virginia Chuck E. Cheese.
By Aneurin Canham-Clyne • Sept. 13, 2024 -
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5th Circuit signs off on DOL’s overtime salary basis test
The court’s decision may not be the last word on the issue, however, one attorney told HR Dive.
By Ryan Golden • Sept. 13, 2024 -
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3rd Circuit revives lawsuit against DOL’s home care wage-and-hour final rule
The agency argued that a lawsuit filed by several home care companies was barred by a federal statute of limitations, but the court disagreed, overturning a district court decision.
By Ryan Golden • Sept. 12, 2024 -
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EEOC: Barber school said having two pregnant workers wasn’t in its ‘best interest’
An applicant was rejected for a hair braider position based on her pregnancy, the lawsuit alleged.
By Ginger Christ • Sept. 11, 2024 -
Retrieved from Alyson Fligg/Department of Labor.
EEOC settles 3 construction harassment cases for a combined $2.9M
The federal workplace watchdog took enforcement actions against Florida-based J.A. Croson, New Jersey's Asphalt Paving Systems and Balfour Beatty's U.S. infrastructure arm.
By Joe Bousquin • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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FedEx required employees with disabilities to be 100% healed, EEOC claims
The company placed employees on leave even when they could perform essential job functions with or without a reasonable accommodation, per the suit.
By Ryan Golden • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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6th Circuit revives ADA suit alleging Ohio plant failed to accommodate employee with COPD
An automotive painting company allegedly failed to conduct an “individualized inquiry” into the employee’s actual breathing limitations, the court said.
By Laurel Kalser • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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Mailbag: We rejected a job candidate. When can we delete their information?
General guidance on this question differs depending on whether the employer is a government contractor, management-side attorneys told HR Dive.
By Ryan Golden • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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Opinion7 issues to consider when conducting layoffs
Employers should be aware of their rights and obligations in these difficult situations and plan carefully, write Tamsin Kaplan and Michelle Cassorla of law firm Davis Malm.
By Tamsin Kaplan and Michelle Cassorla • Sept. 6, 2024
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