Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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In May of 2007 in response to a perceived "potential for greater discrimination against working parents and others with caregiving responsibilities", the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new enforcement guidance addressing Unlawful Disparate Treatment of Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities (EEOC-A, 2007). On April 22, 2009, the EEOC issued additional guidance to employers, Employer Best Practices for Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities, offering "proactive measures that go beyond federal non-discrimination requirements" (EEOCB, 2009). These guidelines are designed to reduce employers' exposure to litigation for "violations against caregivers, and to remove barriers to equal employment opportunity" (EEOC B, 2009). This paper examines the initi...
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has approved a strategic plan that maps out the agency's strategy for combating workplace discrimination over the next four years.
The Commission voted 4-1 last month to approve its Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2012-2016.
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- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, Defendant-Appellant. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, Defendant-Appellee., 345 F.3d 742 (9th Cir. 2003)
Charles A. Bird, Kelly Capen Douglas, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP, San Diego, California, for the defendant-appellant-appellee.
Dori Bernst...
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On March 25, 2011, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") issued its final regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act ...
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Article by Wilfred J. Benoit Jr , Jennifer Merrigan Fay , Steven R. Feldstein , Robert M. Hale , James W. Nagle , Joseph A. Piacquad , Heidi Goldstein...
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Long after laws prohibiting pay discrimination on the basis of gender were put on the books, gender-based pay disparities in American workplaces persist - and cannot be explained by non- discriminatory factors, according to federal officials and other experts at a recent forum held by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
We have come a long way since the days when gender-based inequities in access to jobs and payment of wages were sanctioned by law, but studies show that a significant portion of the wage disparity cannot be explained by differences in experience, specific work performed, education or other non-discriminatory factors," said EEOC Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien at the April 28 event at the agency's headquarters. "This persistent disparity is a stark reminder that th...
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Note: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
PRISCA M. DELEONARDO,
v.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUN...