Employers Can No Longer Wait To Assert Affirmative Defense of Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies June 6, 2019 By: Morey Raiskin In Fort Bend County v. Davis, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday, June…
BY: RACHEL D. GEBAIDE Once upon a time, an employer could respond to an EEOC Charge of Discrimination and include all manner of responsive documents, secure in the knowledge that the Charging Party would never…
According to data released by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission, Claimants filed a record-high 37,955 retaliation charges with the EEOC in 2014. Retaliation charges accounted for almost 43 percent of all charges filed with the…
BY: TIMOTHY C. HAUGHEE & RACHEL D. GEBAIDE MARCH 27, 2015 Employers should take note of this week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding workplace accommodations to pregnant employees. The question presented was whether the federal…
BY: RACHEL D. GEBAIDE JULY 8, 2014 Employers within Orlando’s city limits may soon need to modify their EEO policies to include a new protected class: gender identity. Today’s Orlando Sentinel reported that the Orlando…
BY: TIMOTHY C. HAUGHEE JUNE 17, 2014 The White House announced this week that President Obama plans to sign an executive order that bans federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of their…
By: TIMOTHY C. HAUGHEE JANUARY 23, 2014 It is not uncommon for employers who have been sued by current or former employees for disability discrimination to seek the production of medical records regarding the alleged…
By: TIMOTHY C. HAUGHEE NOVEMBER 19, 2013 Last week, the United States Senate voted 64 to 32 to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 (“ENDA”), which seeks to protect gay, lesbian, and transgender employees…
BY: RACHEL D. GEBAIDE, MELODY B. LYNCH, & TIMOTHY C. HAUGHEE NOVEMBER 14, 2013 Last week, members of our Labor & Employment Law Practice Group hosted a breakfast briefing for our clients and business partners. …
By: RACHEL D. GEBAIDE, TIMOTHY C. HAUGHEE & HALLIE B. FISHER OCTOBER 30, 2013 In a big win for employers, the U.S. Supreme Court held earlier this summer that only supervisors who have been empowered…
