On December 22, 2017, President Donald Trump signed sweeping tax reform legislation. The controversial tax bill includes many changes that directly affect the employment relationship. These range from sexual harassment settlements and paid family and medical leave to reimbursed employee expenses and retirement plans. Although I am neither a tax lawyer, nor an accountant, I offer … 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
On December 20, 2017, the Communications Workers of America filed a federal lawsuit in California claiming that various employers had discriminated against job applicants based on age. The named defendant employers are T-Mobile, Amazon, Cox Communications, and Cox Media Group. CWA contends these companies (among others) unlawfully targeted candidates through Facebook ads. Several individuals joined … Read more