In a recent decision the Second Circuit clarified that the federal Equal Pay Act does not require employers to show that a “factor other than sex” defense must be job-related.
The British Columbia Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s determination that an employee’s sexual harassment of his subordinate was not sufficiently serious to justify his dismissal.
On October 7, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed proposed bill SB 403, which sought to ban discrimination based on caste under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Unruh Civil Rights Act, and California Education Code.
A little more than a year after a U.S. Army veteran kept his case alive at the Supreme Court, a Texas jury voted unanimously to award him $2.49 million on the claim that his former employer failed to accommodate his service-connected disabilities.
In the coalition agreement of 2021, Germany’s Federal Government had already announced that it intended to “evaluate the General Equal Treatment Act, close protection gaps, improve legal protection and expand the scope of application.”
WPI’s Labor Day Report examines the state of the workforce, federal agency activity, state and local trends, and what’s in store for employers in the months ahead.
The EEOC has announced that the long-delayed 2022 EEO-1 reporting period will finally open on October 31, 2023. The deadline for filing will be December 5, 2023.
