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EEOC Sees #MeToo Uptick, Regulatory Agenda Released

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently released preliminary figures on sexual harassment activity for Fiscal Year 2018, which ended September…

Is the EEOC Trying To Require Unforeseeable Intermittent Leave As a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA (Again)?

The EEOC filed two lawsuits in the past couple of months that show one of two things: (1) massive companies are cruel and heartless, with HR Departments that…

Seventh Circuit Finds That Sex Discrimination Includes Sexual Orientation

Labor & Employment Law Section Practitioners in our field have grown accustomed to seeing others’ dismay as they discover that Title VII does not bar…

House Bill 2 Repealed But Challenges Remain for LGBTQ Community

The repeal of House Bill 2 ends a year of high drama in The Old North State, but many challenges remain for the LGBTQ community. Gone is the clause…

EEOC Charlotte District Office Pilots Online Inquiry System

From the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: The Charlotte District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is one of five…

EEOC Publishes Guidance On Accommodations For Mental Health Conditions And Finalizes New EEO-1 Reporting Form

The EEOC published two items last week of interest to employment counsel: First, in the September volume of its Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law,…

EEOC v. Catastrophe Management Solutions: Title VII Does Not Prohibit Race Discrimination Based On Mutable Characteristics

Joseph S. Murray IV In the 50 years since Congress enacted Title VII, scientists, contemporary thinkers, and society in general have reassessed the concept of…

Update From the EEOC: New Charge-Handling Procedures

EEOC has implemented new procedures to be followed in all of our offices for the submission and release of position statements. The procedures apply to EEOC…