EEOC Updates Covid-19 Technical Assistance to Cover Retaliation
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its COVID-19 technical assistance today to include more information about employer retaliation in pandemic-related employment situations. The updates explain and clarify the…
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US DOL, NLRB, US EEOC Align to End Retaliation, Promote Workers’ Rights
The US Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board and US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today announced a joint initiative to raise awareness about retaliation issues when workers exercise their…
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Justice Department Secures Agreement with PATH to End Unnecessary Medical Exams and Health Questions
The Department of Justice filed an agreement today in Newark federal court to resolve its lawsuit against the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)…
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US DOL Issues Emergency Temporary Standard to Protect Workers from Coronavirus
The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a new emergency temporary standard to protect more than 84 million workers from the spread of the coronavirus on the…
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CT DPH Begins Issuing Civil Penalties to LTC Facilities for Failure to Comply with Executive Order 13F
The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) began on Tuesday issuing the first round of civil penalties to long-term care facilities subject to Executive Order 13F, which mandates COVID-19 vaccination…
Read More »Louisiana Medical Center to Pay $450,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Shreveport, La.-based Willis-Knighton Medical Center, a health services provider, has agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According…
Read More »Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia to Pay $130,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Suit
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc., a managed healthcare provider that is part of the Oakland, California-based Kaiser Permanente organization, agreed to settle a lawsuit after it was found…
Read More »EEOC Issues Updated Covid-19 Technical Assistance
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today posted updated and expanded technical assistance related to the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing questions about religious objections to employer COVID-19 vaccine requirements and how they…
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Former Pain Management Doctor Charged with Sexually Abusing Patients across Multiple States
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Ricardo Cruciani was arrested this morning and charged in connection with his sexual abuse of…
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US DOL Finds Home Care Services Provider Failed to Pay Workers Overtime
Twenty-nine workers who offer home care services to elderly and terminally ill clients were shortchanged by their Dallas employer’s failure to pay them overtime wages as the law requires, a…
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