As #MeToo Movement Takes Off, EEOC Sexual Harassment Claims Jump
10/11/18
By: Barry Brownstein Since October 2017, when the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke and the #MeToo movement took off, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed 50 percent more sexual harassment lawsuits than it did the previous year and has seen a spike in the number of sexual harassment claims it has received. The EEOC…
EEOC Lawsuit for Disability and Genetic Information Discrimination is Cautionary Tale for Employers
9/28/17
By: Paul H. Derrick The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is seeking back pay, compensatory damages, punitive damages, and injunctive relief against one of the nation’s largest retailers for withdrawing job offers to applicants whose post-offer medical examinations revealed they had disabilities. The lawsuit also alleges that the post-offer medical examinations unlawfully solicited family medical history…
EEOC Sues Over Criminal Background Checks
7/12/13
By La’Vonda McLean The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has begun filing lawsuits against employers for their use of criminal background checks. Last month, the EEOC filed a lawsuit against Dollar General and a BMW manufacturing plant in South Carolina over their use of criminal background checks that resulted in employees being fired and…