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Quick Reminder

By: Margaret Sheahan

Employers with 100 or more employees, and federal government direct, or first tier sub, contractors with 50 or more employees are required to file EEO-1 reports by March 31,2018.  An EEO-1 report states the number of employees by race, nation... Read Article

The Times They Are A-Changin’: CT Lawmakers Propose Overhaul of State Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Laws

By: Jessica Slippen

Posted in: Workplace Harassment

There is no question that in the wake of the recent scandals in Hollywood and corporate America, as well as the evolution of the ‘me too’ movement, the issue of sexual harassment and sexual assault in the workplace has come to the forefro... Read Article

Second Circuit Expands Title VII Protections to Gender Orientation

By: Reese Mitchell

Posted in: Workplace Discrimination

Ever since President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law and outlawed employment discrimination under Title VII of the Act, courts have steadily increased employee protections. Under Title VII, employers cannot discriminate against e... Read Article

Joint Employer and the NLRB, a different day, a different test

By: Maria Garcia-Quintner

It was expected that the NLRB under the Trump administration would seek to roll back Obama era expansion of pro-union, pro employee rulings including the expansion of the joint-employer test enunciated in Browning-Ferris Industries, 362 NLRB No. 186 ... Read Article