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Yesterday, USDOL Secretary Hilda Solis announced that USDOL has hired 250 new Wage and Hour investigators. The hiring will result in a 33% increase in investigative staff which, no doubt, will herald more investigations. As the Secretary’s press release stated, “America’s workers should rest assured that protecting worker rights is a top priority at the […]
November 23, 2009, is the last day that the EEOC will receive any further written comments upon its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for new regulations to implement the the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAA) which took effect on January 1st of this year. The NPRM proposes a significant adjustment in how the EEOC will […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced plans to hold a one day symposium entitled “Government and Employers 2009: Working Together to Ensure a Legal Workforce.” According to DHS, the talk is intended to cover employment eligibility compliance, the E-Verify federal contractor rule, the future course of worksite enforcement and other topics. Aside from […]
As chairman of the subcommittee on Children and Families, Christopher Dodd (D:CT) is expected today to unveil the Senate’s version of a bill that would provide up to seven (7) days of paid sick leave for workers and perhaps worker’s family members who are ill, including individuals who have contracted H1N1 swine flu. Given that the Department of […]
With the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) became the Chairman of the influential Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on September 10, 2009. Although the HELP committee has spent much time on the topic of health care reform, Washington insiders expect that the HELP committee will soon turn its attention to […]
There is little doubt that Congress and the White House are moving rapidly to pass laws affecting the workplace. In fact, the first piece of legislation signed by President Obama was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act which expanded the limitations period applicable to some claims of unfair compensation under the Equal Pay Act. This […]
This past week, the White House announced President Obama’s selection for the EEOC’s General Counsel position: P. David Lopez. Mr. Lopez is a seasoned litigator and has served the EEOC for more than 13 years in various capacities. This year alone, Mr. Lopez appears as counsel of record on more than 10 federal opinions published […]
This month, the USDOL Wage and Hour Division announced that it had recovered $560,000 in back wages owed to workers of Stone and Webster Construction Company in Pueblo, Colorado. That number may seem large, but Wage and Hour has announced similar and larger amounts this year, highlighted by April’s announcement of a 1.7 million dollar back […]
President Bush signed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”) into law on May 21, 2008. Title II of GINA applies to employers and forbids the use of genetic information in employment. As most employers are aware, GINA required the EEOC to publish and implement rules to interpret Title II. Earlier this year, the EEOC published its Notice […]
The EEOC’s published charge data for fiscal year 2008 shows a significant increase in charge activity. In 2008, the EEOC received a total of 95,402 charges of unlawful employment practices. That is the largest amount of charges recorded for any of the last ten fiscal years and a 15% increase in charge activity from last year […]
