Honeywell Blocks EEOC Move to Halt Wellness Penalties for Now November 4, 2014 By Beth Hawkins and Andrew Harris Honeywell International Inc. defeated the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s bid for a court order preventing it from penalizing workers who...
EEOC Challenges Employee Wellness Penalties in Suit Against Honeywell October 30, 2014 By Lewis Krauskopf and Mica Rosenberg The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Honeywell International Inc. to stop the company from imposing penalties on employees...
EEOC Investigating Mandatory Retirement Age for Law Firm Partners October 21, 2014 By Ellen Rosen The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating whether mandatory retirement provisions at Deloitte LLP violate federal employment law. The American...
EEOC Suits Against Employers Allege Transgender Bias September 30, 2014 By Mica Rosenberg A funeral home and an eye clinic that fired employees who had changed their sex from male to female were...
EEOC Spells Out How Disabilities Act Applies to Pregnant Workers July 23, 2014 By Tom Raum New federal guidelines on job discrimination against pregnant workers could have a big impact on the workplace and in the...
What EEOC Reports It Accomplished in FY 2013 December 24, 2013 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported it obtained a record $372.1 million in monetary relief for victims of...
California Fruit Producer Faces Federal Sex Harassment Suit September 27, 2013 A federal lawsuit has been filed charging that a central California dried fruit producer subjected its female workers to ongoing...
EPLI in Southern California Playing ‘Hard’ to Get June 25, 2013 By Don Jergler Employment practices in California is a known and growing concern for insurers, agents and employers, and that concern has some...
U.S. Sues BMW, Dollar General Over Use of Criminal Records in Hiring June 14, 2013 By Sam Hananel The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed lawsuits this week against discount retailer Dollar General Corp. and a BMW manufacturing plant...
Cap Forces Judge to Slash Landmark $240M EEOC Verdict to $1.6M May 16, 2013 A judge has slashed a landmark $240 million verdict to $1.6 million for 32 mentally disabled workers in Iowa who...