Workplace discrimination remains a major area of concern for employers and employees alike, as discrimination claims account for a significant percentage of work-related legal disputes. According to data from the EEOC, these were some of the most common types of...
Month: March 2020
Retaliation most common charge filed with EEOC in 2019
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released statistics about charges of employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation filed with the agency in 2019. Retaliation was the most common charge, both nationally and here in Kentucky. The...
Can prior salary levels reflect underlying sex discrimination?
The federal Equal Pay Act (EPA or Act) mandates that employers provide “equal pay for equal work regardless of sex.” The Act has four exceptions, one of which allows unequal pay when the employer bases the disparity on the nonspecific, broad standard of “any other...
Coronavirus and the Workplace
The SARS-Cov-2 virus and the respiratory illness it causes, “Coronavirus Disease 2019” or COVID-19, is being actively monitored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As of Friday, March 6, there were more than 230 confirmed cases in the United...