Most private employers with 100 or more employees are required to submit an annual EEO-1 report to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regarding the number of workers employed in different categories, broken down by race, sex, and ethnicity. The Obama administration proposed adding pay data to the required report, as a means of quantifying pay
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EEOC Sues United Airlines for Sexual Harassment Based on Employee “Revenge Porn”
By Erin Kilgore on
Posted in Labor and Employment Law
Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) filed a lawsuit against United Airlines, Inc. and alleged that United violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (which prohibits employment discrimination based on sex, including sexual harassment) by subjecting a female flight attendant to a hostile work environment.
According to the EEOC, a…
Supreme Court’s Epic Systems Decision an Opportunity for Employers to Revisit the Use of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements
By David Whitaker on
Posted in Labor and Employment Law
In May the United States Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision in a trio of cases that concerned whether employers can lawfully use mandatory arbitration agreements containing provisions that preclude employees from pursuing employment claims on a class action basis – and instead require them to pursue their claims in an individual private arbitration proceeding…
Dads Have Rights, Too – Estée Lauder Companies will Pay $1.1 Million to Settle Class Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Filed by the EEOC
By Erin Kilgore on
Posted in Labor and Employment Law
On July 17, 2018, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced that Estée Lauder Companies will pay $1,100,000 and provide other relief to settle a class sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC.
In 2017, the EEOC filed suit against Estée Lauder in federal court in Pennsylvania. The EEOC alleged that Estée Lauder discriminated against…