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by Margaret Sheahan | Mar 23, 2018 | Firm News

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, national origin and sex in...

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

by Jessica Slippen | Mar 22, 2018 | 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 forefront of American politics. ...

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Second Circuit Expands Title VII Protections to Gender Orientation

by Reese Mitchell | Mar 16, 2018 | 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 employees based on...

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

| Mar 7, 2018 | Firm News

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 (Aug. 27, 2015)....

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