On his first day in office, Pres. Joe Biden signed Executive Order 13985 in which he directed the federal government to increase and enhance equal opportunity and equity among all Americans. The policy of his administration is an “ambitious whole-of-government equity...
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EEOC 2020 Statistics: Retaliation Still Prevalent in the Workplace
While the COVID-19 pandemic posed a variety of new challenges for employers, some things remained the same: discrimination, retaliation, and harassment in the workplace remain prevalent. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission—which is tasked with enforcing...
Employment discrimination claims in 2019: The most and least common
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...
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...
Court tosses EEOC employer guidance on use of criminal history
In 2012, the EEOC published guidelines for employers cautioning them on the use of arrest and conviction records when making hiring and other employment decisions. Since that time, if not well before, employers were advised against two practices: using arrest and...
Filing discrimination claim with EEOC held not jurisdictional
With all the speculation about philosophical differences among U.S. Supreme Court justices, they recently released an opinion in which they spoke with one voice in a unanimous ruling about an important aspect of federal anti-discrimination law. Specifically, the Court...
Federal Court of Appeals Holds that Title VII Protects Against Transgender Status
Today, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals -- the federal appellate court that hears appeals from the federal courts in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee -- held that Title VII protects employees from discrimination on the basis of their transgender or...