ArticleNever (In The Workplace) Have I EverBy a show of hands: Ever sent an email you immediately regretted? Ever seen something at work that you wished you could unsee?United StatesEmployment and HRConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
ArticleUpdated FMLA Forms Are Now AvailableThese will be good until August 31, 2021.United StatesEmployment and HRConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
ArticleDuty CallsSo blogging will be light to nonexistent for the next two weeks. United StatesEmployment and HRConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
ArticleBiden Names Jenny Yang As OFCCP DirectorPresident Joe Biden has selected Jenny Yang to head the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Ms. Yang was formerly a Commissioner and Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity ...United StatesGovernment, Public SectorConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
ArticleBREAKING: Supreme Court WON'T Consider Taking Up LGBT Cases This Friday.The U.S. Supreme Court was supposed to decide last Friday (November 30) whether to review three lower-court decisions addressing whether Title VII prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. United StatesEmployment and HRConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
ArticlePA Human Rights Commission To Treat LGBT Bias As "Sex" DiscriminationCommission adopts an expansive view of "sex."United StatesEmployment and HRConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
ArticleSupreme Court-LGBT UpdateNot long ago, I posted that the U.S. Supreme Court was going to consider tomorrow whether to review three court of appeals decisions addressing whether Title VII's ban on "sex" discrimination applies to discrimination...United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
ArticleBREAKING: New Overtime Regulations Are On The Way!The first step has been taken!United StatesEmployment and HRConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
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ArticleEEOC Settles "Transgender Funeral Director" CaseI have written many, many, many, many times about the transgender funeral director who was terminated from her job after she told the owner that she would begin presenting as a female.United StatesEmployment and HRConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
ArticleThe Work & Play's The ThingSusan Bassford Wilson and Cherie Silberman are back with a Work & Play podcast on election talk in the workplace.United StatesEmployment and HRConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
ArticleCALIFORNIA SNAPSHOT: Seven Questions Employers Should In 2019If you have the right answers, you should survive 2019.United StatesEmployment and HRConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
ArticleAttorneys Must Sign Garnishment Answers, Georgia State Bar SaysGarnishments against employees place a greater burden on payroll personnel, but are generally something that most employers have learned to manage. United StatesEmployment and HRConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
VideoJeffrey Toobin Fired For "DIY" Incident (Video)Author and legal/political commentator Jeffrey Toobin was fired this week by The New Yorker after he horrified everybody on a Zoom conference in October by being very inappropriate. United StatesEmployment and HRConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
ArticleWhat Is "Voluntary"? Thoughts About The AARP Wellness Lawsuit Against The EEOCThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is only the latest in a string of federal agencies who've been sued recently in an effort to stop their regulations from taking effect.United StatesEmployment and HRConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
ArticleMissouri Voters Approve Minimum-Wage HikeA significant increase, but it will be phased in gradually.United StatesEmployment and HRConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
ArticleWiccans, Pagans Now Outnumber Presbyterians, Study SaysEmployers, are you ready to accommodate Wiccans?United StatesEmployment and HRConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
Article10 Things For Which This Employment Lawyer Is Thankful In 2018What are you thankful for this year? Here is my list.United StatesEmployment and HRConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
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ArticleDoD Provides Interim Contract And Notice Provisions For EO 13950Executive Order 13950 on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping went into effect on November 21, but the Federal Acquisition Regulations have not yet been updated to include the official contract clause.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP