EEOC’s Tough Enforcement Stance Against Criminal Background Checks
Earlier this year, the EEOC issued new Enforcement Guidance warning private sector employers that they could face litigation unless they significantly restrict the use of arrest and conviction records...
View ArticleAnnual Report on EEOC Developments – Fiscal Year 2012
Over the years, Littler has provided periodic reports on significant cases, regulatory developments and other activities involving the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or “the...
View ArticleEEOC Priorities and Questions to Avoid in the Hiring Process
On December 17, 2012, the EEOC approved its strategic enforcement plan for 2013-2016. Listed first among its national priorities is eliminating barriers in recruitment and hiring. Specifically, the...
View ArticleLean Mean Civil Rights Machine: What to Expect from the EEOC through 2016
In an informative panel for the Ogletree Deakins Washington, D.C. Legislative and Regulatory Conference on February 21, 2013, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Commissioners Chai Feldblum...
View ArticleJ.B. Hunt Agrees to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Case Regarding Criminal...
Transportation Company Agrees to Maintain Revised Policy Consistent With Recent EEOC Policy Guidelines; Some 14,000 Employees Affected Nationwide - LOS ANGELES - J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc., one of the...
View ArticleRetail Industry Update, No. 3, September 2013: EEOC Loses (Again) On...
Last year, we wrote about the EEOC’s then-new guidance on the use of criminal-background checks in hiring decisions. [“Using Conviction Records As A Screening Tool,” Retail Industry Update, June 2012]....
View ArticleFive EEOC Initiatives to Monitor on the Agency’s Silver Anniversary
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) opened its doors on July 2, 1965, exactly one year after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII of that act...
View ArticleThe EEOC Continues to Press Litigation Under Title VII Concerning Employer...
In April 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued updated “Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of...
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