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02/14/2025

If you are a federal worker you should be downloading your eOPF, Form 50s, and any documents supporting accommodations. Print them out or save them to a flash drive.

01/31/2025

EEOC Halts Processing LGBTQ+ Claims

The news comes just days after the Trump administration’s controversial purge of Democratic officials at the commission.

01/07/2025

"Employers using wearables to collect information about an employee’s physical or mental conditions (such as blood pressure monitors or eye trackers) or to do diagnostic testing (such as EEGs) may be conducting "medical examinations" under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Employers also may be making “disability-related inquiries” under the ADA if they direct employees to provide health information (such as information about prescription drug use or a disability) in connection with using wearables. "

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06/14/2023

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act extends the Americans with Disabilities Act to cover pregnant workers.

05/03/2023

Overtime Violation costs Tennessee Hotel $76k

Court orders Tennessee hotel operator to pay $76,250 in back wages, damages and penalties.

04/18/2023

Beginning April 28, 2023 New Regulations Regarding Employees' Rights to Pump Breastmilk at Work

Heads up, HR: The DOL will begin enforcement of the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act) later this month.

04/18/2023

The company repeatedly told the plaintiff that she was a "liability" because of her pregnancy.

ERIE, Pa. – Heartfelt Home Healthcare Services, Inc., a Pennsylvania home healthcare provider, will pay $20,000 to a former employee and take significant steps to prevent future discriminatory treatment of its employees to settle a pregnancy and disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. ...

04/17/2023

03/04/2023

The total number of violations is still much lower than it was two decades ago. But violations have more than tripled since 2015, a trend that has experts troubled.

03/02/2023

The Court said, "Here, the defendants admittedly have a policy that denies healthcare benefits to transgender individuals
because of their transgender status. That policy is facially discriminatory."

A Georgia sheriff’s deputy can seek payment for gender-affirming surgery from her county-provided health insurance plan while an appeal proceeds contesting her win in a s*x discrimination suit.

03/02/2023

Starbucks Busted for Union Busting

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz may have to promise, on camera, to stop violating labor law as part of a new NLRB ruling.

01/11/2023

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Places Pregnancy Restrictions on Par with Disabilities

After more than a decade’s worth of attempts, Congress has finally passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). The PWFA broke through the logjam as part of the must-pass $1.7 trillion