Articles by Girish Anand

August 2, 2019

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Senate Approves EEOC Nominees

The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved the nomination of Sharon Fast Gustafson as general counsel and the re-nomination of Democrat Charlotte Burrows as commissioner for a second term on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Sharon Gustafson Both approvals came via a process known as unanimous consent, whi...

July 31, 2019

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HHS to Allow Importation of Cheaper Prescription Drugs

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that HHS and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are publishing a Safe Importation Action Plan - PDF that outlines two potential pathways that would lay the foundation for the safe importation of certain drugs originally intended for foreign markets. “President Trump has been clear: for too long American patients have ...

Anonymous Lawsuits Alleging Harassment, Discrimination on the Rise

July 29, 2019

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In the wake of the #MeToo movement, more and more individuals are seeking redress anonymously, asking for court permission to file their cases with pseudonyms -- John and Jane Does. According to research by Bloomberg Law, there were 52 anonymous harassment and discrimination lawsuits in 2018, up from 24 the previous year and from just 17 in 2016. So far this year, there have been 24 such ano...

DOL Issues Rule on Association Retirement Plans (ARPs)

July 29, 2019

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The Department of Labor (DOL) today announced a rule to help strengthen retirement security for millions of small business employees across America. The rule makes it easier for small businesses to offer retirement savings plans to their workers through Association Retirement Plans (ARPs), which would allow small businesses to band together to offer retirement plans to their employees.

July 23, 2019

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Google Settles Age Bias Case for $11M

Google has settled for $11 million a class action lawsuit involving 227 individuals who claim they were denied employment because of their age. After the lawyers get nearly $3 million for their part, the remaining litigants will garner about $35,000 each. A judge still must approve the settlement. Google is not alone on the age discrimination legal front. ProPublica recently released r...

New York Enacts Historic Pay Equity Law

July 16, 2019

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Going beyond the traditional "equal pay for equal work" mandates in most pay equity laws, New York State has now broadened the definition to embrace "substantially similar work." At the same time, it has broadened the categories of who's affected beyond gender to include age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, disability, ...

EEO-1 Component 2 Data Collection Starts Today

July 15, 2019

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Pay data collection for 2017 and 2018 for EEO-1 filers -- called Component 2 -- starts today with the opening of a dedicated portal. The data collection was ordered by a federal judge in National Women's Law Center, et al., v. Office of Management and Budget, et al. Businesses with at least 100 employees and federal contractors with at least 50 employees and a contract of $50,000 or more...

July 10, 2019

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ACA Fate in Hands of 5th Circuit Court

A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments in early July on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare). 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chamber The justices were convened to weigh an appeal from Blue State attorneys-general (AGs) over a ruli...

July 5, 2019

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EEOC Nominations Sent for Confirmation

President Trump has nominated Republican Keith Sonderling of the Labor Department to fill a vacancy on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and at the same time re-nominated Democrat Charlotte Burrows for another five-year term. Burrows' term expired July 1 but she can remain on the board while the Senate works on her confirmation. Sonderling is a deputy administrator with the ...

July 3, 2019

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Obamacare Appeals Hearing Moves Forward

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals originally set a deadline of today for the filing of supplemental briefs on the question of whether Blue State attorneys general (AGs) and the House of Representatives have standing in the case of the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare), and surprisingly, Red State AGs requested a 20-day extension, which was denied. Instead, ...

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