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The submission deadline for private employers that are required to complete the EEO-1 Survey is September 30, 2016. The EEO-1 Report, Standard Form 100, is a compliance survey that requires company employment data to be categorized by race/ethnicity. As set forth on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s website, all companies…

In June 2016, the EEOC issued a report by its Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace. The report details how one-third of the 90,000 charges filed with the EEOC in fiscal year 2015 included an allegation of harassment. However, as set forth in the report,…

Earlier this month I posted about two decisions by the National Labor Relations Board finding employers’ workplace conduct policies and policies prohibiting recording people or confidential information in the workplace to be in violation of the National Labor Relations Act. You can read the post here. Although it has not…

The EEOC recently issued a new fact sheet designed to help younger workers understand the laws prohibiting religious discrimination. https://lnkd.in/dipfh-4. This fact sheet provides a good summary of the basics that each employer should know and provides several examples of how to address certain situations that may arise in relation…

In a recent case involving both T-Mobile and Metro PCS the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) continued to act as a super-personnel department, picking apart policies in employee handbooks. The NLRB found that a policy requiring employees to communicate in a positive and professional manner was overbroad. It…