This month's edition of WPI's Insider Report includes articles on the Administration's push to finalize rules before the November elections, legislative and litigation steps to thwart those efforts, and state bills and ordinances that have advanced.
It has long been clear that the ADA protects alcoholism if it qualifies as a “disability.” That said, courts have consistently held that employers can have legitimate work rules that prohibit alcohol use in the workforce.
Approximately one week before changes to Charlotte’s non-discrimination ordinances were to take effect, the State of North Carolina enacted a law that not only invalidates the amendments, but has broader implications for all state discrimination claims.
On April 1, 2016, new California regulations take effect requiring employers to develop written anti-discrimination and harassment policies that meet numerous new and detailed requirements.
Littler's Workplace Policy Institute® (WPI™) presents the Insider Report, a monthly newsletter detailing key labor, employment, and benefits policy developments at the federal, state, local and global levels.
Santa Monica, California, became the latest municipality to enact its own minimum wage and sick leave ordinance, proposed by the City Council on January 12, 2016, and approved shortly thereafter on January 26, 2016.
The number of charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is once again climbing, according to newly released litigation and enforcement statistics for FY 2015.
