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CBS has agreed to pay $8 million to settle a gender discrimination class action lawsuit brought by the EEOC. More than 200 women technicians working at CBS television stations across the country, including about 50 employees at KCBS in Los Angeles who will share in the settlement, claimed they were discriminated against and passed over […]
A federal court has approved a $47,000,000 settlement entered into between the EEOC and Rent-A-Center to resolve two major class action lawsuits charging the rent-to-own company with sex discrimination. The lawsuits claimed that women were denied promotions, demoted, and sexually harassed, and that some women were fired or forced out after the company was acquired […]
By Stephen D. Bruce, PHR Managing Editor, HR Daily Advisor Just My E-pinion The enactment of the health care reform bills launched an extended period of far-reaching changes that impact every employer. BLR’s hot-off-the-press Special Report details what’s happening in 2011 (and beyond to 2018). Here’s what you need to be thinking about in 2011: […]
New Mexico will join the list of states with “ban the box” legislation when a new law takes effect on June 14.
If an employee comes to you complaining about alleged harassment, it’s a no-brainer: You launch an investigation, end of story. But what about an employee who comes to you with a bullying complaint?
A victory by the health plan participant in US Airways v. McCutchen, now before the U.S. Supreme Court, may erode ERISA plans’ ability to enforce plan terms as written, a legal expert tells the blog. In McCutchen, the Court has a very difficult balancing act to answer whether: (1) an ERISA health plan administrator is entitled […]
By BLR Founder and CEO Bob Brady BLR’s founder and CEO explores the “Blackberries at the beach” phenomenon—the expectation of 24/7 availability even when on vacation. Do nonexempts need to be paid? Are exempts modern day wage slaves? At BLR’s last Employment Law Update conference, several speakers talked about the issue/problem/phenomenon of the “BlackBerry® at […]
By Holly K. Jones, J.D. Take a moment and picture your workforce. They come in each day and serve customers, build products, promote brands, and counsel clients, but what is their “why?” What are the primary factors that drive your employees to come into work, even when they have a case of the Mondays? Maybe […]
I know some big ERISA regulations are expected to be issued later this year. Where can I go for more information? — Anonymous in Bakersfield The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) plans to release its final regulations on proposed amendments to Section 408(b)(2) of ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, later this summer. […]
Forty years ago, very few U.S. employees were personally affected by what happened on Wall Street. Six in 10 Americans were covered by a pension that they could count on regardless of the stock market. Today less than 2 in 10 workers in the private sector have a pension and most workers only option is […]