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May 9, 2011

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EEOC Restricts Release of Employee Medical Information to Courts

Both the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1974 contain privacy protection for employees and their company-retained medical records, but a narrow exception in these acts allows for the release of such information if requested by a court order. However, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a recent case has further narrowed that exemptio...

May 4, 2011

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EEOC Seeks to Bundle Discrimination Claims as 'Class Charges'

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In an approach similar to class-action lawsuits, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is now pursuing what it calls Class Charges—disability and age discrimination claims that deal with multiple employees in one location or spread out geographically. The institution of a Class Charge is simple enough: When employees file claims for disability or age discrimination (or for an...

March 24, 2011

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EEOC to Publish Final Rule on ADAAA on March 25

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that it will publish its Final Rule implementing the ADA Amendments Act in the Federal Register tomorrow (March 25, 2011). The regulations recently cleared review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and have been praised by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as reflecting "a carefully crafted compromise between the bu...

March 17, 2011

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OMB Approves ADAAA Final Regulations, Publication Next

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reportedly has approved the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) proposed final regulations for the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA). The EEOC, if this is the case, is free to publish the final regulations in the Federal Register and begin enforcing their provisions after a stated period of time. The ADAAA was written, passed and signed into law to ...

March 16, 2011

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EEOC Recovers Record Claims from Employers

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In addition to reporting a record number of discrimination charges during the last fiscal year (nearly 100,000), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) secured more than $400 million in monetary benefits from employers–the highest level of monetary relief ever obtained by the EEOC through its combined enforcement, mediation and litigation programs. In order t...

March 9, 2011

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EEO Seeks Public Comment on Regulations

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is requesting public commentary for a review it is launching into all its regulations to determine which "should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed, to make the EEOC's regulatory program more effective and/or less burdensome." The review follows an executive order issued by President Obama for all government agencies ...

February 23, 2011

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EEOC Seeks Nearly 10 Percent Increase in Staffing and Funding

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Although a government shutdown over budget priorities may be looming, that didn't stop the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from requesting an additional $18 million in funding for fiscal year 2012 to increase the ranks of its inspectors from 2,371 to 2,557—a 9.2-percent jump. The budget request for $385.5 million (an increase of 9.5 percent) is aimed at facilitating the...

February 17, 2011

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EEOC Targets Job Ads Excluding Unemployed

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held hearings yesterday (Feb. 15, 2011) into the causes and consequences of a recent trend in hiring—the unemployed need not apply. Phrases such as "no unemployed candidates will be considered" and "must be currently employed" are now peppering job postings and want ads. This has the EEOC concerned that such policies l...

February 15, 2011

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EEOC Receives Record Number of Job Discrimination Filings

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced that it has received a record number of discrimination charges during the past fiscal year. The total number of charges received by the agency reached nearly 100,000, representing the highest number of charges in its 45-year history and a 7 percent increase in charge activity since fiscal 2009. An employer&rs...

January 6, 2011

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First Wave of EEOC Lawsuits Based on the ADAAA Reaches the Docket

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Removing the stool from a cashier with arthritic knees just cost one pharmacy chain a nice lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) based on the strengthened and broadened definition of disability under 2009's Americans With Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAAA). Prior to ADAAA, the chain could've argued that the employee's arthritis didn't prevent her from carrying out her...

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