Virginia Employment Law BlogFirst up, the EEOC has taken action that was mentioned in
its FY2013 strategic plan by more aggressively pursuing the use of criminal
background checks as a type of disparate impact discrimination- where a
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Important Virginia Beach Title VII Victory
In Virginia Beach, Robin Lang just won an important victory
against the Virginia Beach Lifesaving Service after having alleged discrimination
and retaliation related to her being passed over for a promotion because of her
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Third Circuit Invalidates NLRB Recess Appointments; EEOC Pursues Genetic Discrimination Case
First up, the Third Circuit has become the second federal
appeals court (following the D.C. Circuit) to rule that President Obama’s
recess appointments to the NLRB were invalid, and that therefore some Board
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This Week’s News: Colorado protects job applicants’ credit history, House does not extend social media protections, and legislation attempts to encourage pension fund disclosures
First up this week, Colorado passed an expansive law that
prevents the use of a job applicant’s credit history in hiring or employment
decisions. The law is broad, basically applying
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More Employment Law News
This week’s post features an eclectic mix of stories,
including a controversial policy mandated by CVS, a court decision from New
York that limits the ability of employees to opt out of arbitration agreements,
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New DOL Guidance on Using FMLA Leave to Care for an Adult Child
The Department of Labor recently issued a new administrative
interpretation regarding how the Family and Medical Leave Act is interpreted to
allow an employee to care for an adult child. Ordinarily, an employee is
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2012 Year in Review
As promised, here is a look at some of our most interesting
blog posts from the past year. The posts highlight important developments in employment law, interesting changes in
labor laws around the country, and sometimes eye-catching or just plain bizarre
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Employment Law Roundup
Here are some quick summaries of a few interesting
employment law developments from the past week.
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EEOC FY2012 Part Three
I’ve posted links to the first two articles by EEO Legal
Solutions looking at the EEOC’s Fiscal Year 2012 Performance and Accountability
Report. Here, we finish up the series with a look at the final article, which seeks
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Further Analysis of the EEOC’s FY2012 Performance Report
A few days ago I posted a short link to an excellent
analysis of the EEOC’s recent Fiscal Year 2012 Performance and Accountability
Report. The first segment of the analysis was highly skeptical of the EEOC’s