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EEOC Announces $550,000 Settlement in Hiring Discrimination Lawsuit

October 11, 2022
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This month, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that a Buffalo, New York-based staffing company will pay $550,000 to settle a hiring discrimination lawsuit. Notably, the company’s discriminatory practices were against a staggeringly wide range of federally-protected classes. This included race, sex, age, disability, and pregnancy status discrimination. The EEOC has...
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October 4, 2022
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DHS Announces Proposed Changes to Form I-9 and Verification Process

Recently, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) introduced a proposed rule that would bring changes to Form I-9 and the verification process. Briefly, the proposed rule would allow for alternative options for examining I-9 verification documents for some or all employers. While employers should expect a new Form I-9 every three years or so, rarely does the DHS make changes to the verif...
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October 4, 2022
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OSHA Reminds Employers About Hazards During Hurricane Recovery

As Florida began rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Ian, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently reminded first responders, employers, and the public to protect against hazards during hurricane recovery. Associated hazards may include flooding, loss of power, structural damage, fallen trees, and heavy debris. In brie...
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Company to Pay $9.3M to Settle Employee Misclassification Lawsuit-10-4-22

Company to Pay $9.3M to Settle Employee Misclassification Lawsuit

October 4, 2022
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On September 26th, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) obtained a consent judgment ordering a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, medical staffing company to pay $9.3 million to settle an employee misclassification lawsuit. The judgment followed a DOL investigation that found willful overtime violations occurred from at least September 2017 to May 2022. After months of negotiation with the DOL’s O...
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September 27, 2022
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EEOC Cracks Down Heavily on Workplace Disability Discrimination

In September 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed three separate lawsuits alleging workplace disability discrimination. The lawsuits were filed in New York City, Florida, and Maryland. The three cases involved a failure to provide reasonable accommodations and hiring and firing discrimination. As the EEOC filed these three disability discrimination lawsuits in the...
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September 27, 2022
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FTC Issues a Statement Reinforcing Its Policy Protecting Gig Workers

Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a policy statement applying its consumer and fair competition protections to gig workers. The full policy statement identifies several problem areas in the gig economy and lays out enforcement priorities to combat them. All in all, the policy statement seeks to protect both gig workers and the consumers who participate in the gig worker market...
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Company to Pay More Than $2M After Plan Asset Mismanagement-9-27-22

Firm to Pay $2M Over Plan Mismanagement

September 27, 2022
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On September 23rd, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that an international design firm's fiduciaries would pay $2 million to restore assets to the company retirement plan after investigators found plan asset mismanagement occurred. Investigators from the DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) determined that fiduciaries from the InterArch Inc. Profit-Sharing Pla...
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September 20, 2022
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DOL Expands the Scope of the Severe Violator Enforcement Program

On September 15th, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) expanded the criteria for willful and repeated violators to be placed in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) Severe Violator Enforcement Program. The program targets employers that repeatedly expose workers to recognized hazards. Now that the DOL has broadened the program’s scope, more industries may see future...
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September 20, 2022
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Multiagency Digital Toolkit Promotes Workers' Right to Unionize

Earlier this month, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), in collaboration with three other federal agencies, launched a new digital toolkit to promote workers' right to unionize and facilitate healthy labor-management relations. Agencies joining the SBA included the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and the U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliatio...
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DOL Expands the Scope of the Severe Violator Enforcement Program-9-20-22

Restaurant to Pay More Than $1.35M in Back Wages for Illegal Tip Pooling

September 20, 2022
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Recently, a federal court ordered a Pennsylvania restaurant to pay more than $1.35 million in back wages and liquidated damages in an illegal tip pooling case. The action comes after investigators from the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found violations of federal tip credit requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Additionally, the WHD discovered...
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