The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was enacted into law to help people who are sick or who have family members who are sick take time to address the illness and not lose their job. A recent case, Kirby Smith v. Yelp (No. 20 CV 1166, United States District Court,...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) adjusted to the coronavirus (COVID) pandemic by converting to holding mediations via video conference. This was initially done under a six-month pilot program that started in July 2020. The EEOC just announced the...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for administering several federal laws regarding discrimination complaints in the workplace. The EEOC tries to mediate as many cases as possible, as roughly 70% of mediated cases settle. I mediate...
I recently wrote about efforts in NJ to limit non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment settlements. With the recent sweeping tax code changes signed into law in late 2017, the deductibility of sexual harassment settlements with non-disclosure clauses is now...
Sexual harassment and discrimination have been in the forefront of the news since last year’s presidential election. Recent headlines talk about the serial nature of the alleged sexual harassment perpetrated by Harvey Weinstein, Bill O’Reilly, and many...
Employment attorney Robin Shea published an excellent article over at the Employment & Labor Insider blog entitled 9 traits of a bang-up workplace investigation. In my EEOC and NJ LAD mediations over the years, I have seen a number of poorly executed...
