I’ve been representing companies regarding employment law matters for almost 13 years now. Based on this experience, I want to share an observation. It’s a relatively obvious, simple, and practical one. Yet, I believe it will help many employers if they take it to heart. So, here it is: happy employees seldom make legal trouble … Read more
On January 25, 2018, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its Fiscal Year 2017 Enforcement and Litigation Data. The agency reports that it resolved 99,109 EEOC discrimination charges in the year ending September 30, 2017. The EEOC had a remaining charge workload of 61,621, the lowest year-end level in 10 years. Among other raw … Read more
Many state and federal laws prohibit employment discrimination across the United States. While it is ideal to prevent discrimination before it occurs, sometimes employers do receive complaints and have to deal with them. How you handle complaints of employment discrimination can have a significant impact on your organization, for better or worse. Hopefully by reading … Read more