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HR Alert: Emerging Accommodation Challenges

Written by Lisa Coppola on October 14, 2024. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

As we’ve reported before, the EEOC is the federal agency that reviews, addresses and sometimes litigates employment discrimination and sexual harassment claims under Title VII. There’s a new EEOC announcement about its litigation...

HR Alert: Final Regulations on Pregnant Workers Fairness Act are Out!

Written by Lisa Coppola on April 16, 2024. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

As you might recall, the federal government expanded employee protections for pregnant employees last year through the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). In a previous blog, we discussed workplace actions that the PWFA explicitly...

HR Alert: ADA and GINA Compliance in the Hiring Process

Written by Lisa Coppola on November 6, 2023. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

On October 19, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced a $1 million settlement against Dollar General for alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination...

HR Alert: Supreme Court and Religious Accommodations

Written by Lisa Coppola on July 18, 2023. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

In a rare moment of unity, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in Groff v. DeJoy this summer, marking the end of the “more than de minimis” standard for religious accommodations under Title VII. Released on June...

HR Alert: The Breastfeeding Regs Are Here

Written by Lisa Coppola on June 21, 2023. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

Anticipating a breastfeeding employee in your workforce anytime soon? You’re in luck. The long-awaited guidance finally is here: both federal and State agencies have graced employers with guidance on accommodating nursing...

HR Alert: New York Employers Have New Obligations to Breastfeeding Employees

Written by Lisa Coppola on April 25, 2023. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

If you’re a private employer in New York State, review your policies and procedures for nursing employees, because it’s likely time for an update. Come June 7, 2023, amendments to Section 206‑c of New York’s Labor...

HR Alert: Religion in the Workplace, Groff v. DeJoy and Title VII

Written by Lisa Coppola on April 24, 2023. Posted in Business, Employment, Entrepreneurship.

For those conscious of Supreme Court rulings, it might seem like the topic of religious accommodations is in perpetual limelight. But in a country where millions of people practice different religions and faiths, talk about...

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