January 2019 E-Update

Click here to view entire E-Update as a PDF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS EEO-1 Filing Deadline Extended, and Other Impacts of the Government Shutdown on EEOC Timelines The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued questions and answers related to the impact of the government shutdown on EEOC timelines, including the annual filing of […]

Click here to view entire E-Update as a PDF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Supreme Court Issues Arbitration Decisions In January 2019, the United States Supreme Court issued two decisions construing arbitration agreements.  One case provides guidance for employers that wish to mandate arbitration as the sole means of resolving employment disputes.  The […]

On rehearing, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a prior ruling by a three-judge panel of that court in Kelber v. CareFusion Corp. (which we discussed in our April 2018 E-Update) and has now held that the disparate impact protections of the Age Discrimination in […]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a final rule that rescinds the requirement for employers to submit certain reporting forms electronically. In May 2016, OSHA issued a final rule requiring employers with 250 or more employees to submit electronically information from Forms 300 (Log of Work-Related Injuries and […]

The Department of Labor has announced its annual penalty increases. Due to the passage of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, federal agencies must issue regulations annually to adjust for inflation the maximum civil penalties that they can impose. The DOL’s announced increases for 2019 include the […]