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Employers are required to provide disabled workers reasonable accommodations that allow them to perform the essential functions of their jobs. Sometimes, that means allowing the employee to telework when their disability makes it difficult or impossible to perform their work onsite.

Federal contractors will have to do more than certify that they don’t engage in racial discrimination. They must also show how they reached that conclusion, as they may need to conduct an EEO analysis to confirm they found no pattern or practice of disparate treatment or proxy discrimination based on race.

One of the effects will be to discourage U.S. employers from using H-1B visas to hire entry-level workers, leaving those positions open for American workers seeking those jobs.

There’s something inherently suspicious about following up a valid charge of discrimination or harassment with an almost immediate employment action against the employee who filed the initial claim. That smacks of retaliation.

An employee just told me that their parent who lives in another country has a serious health condition, so they want to take FMLA leave to travel there and care for the parent. Can the employee apply for FMLA leave before heading overseas, or must he travel overseas using other leave and apply from there?

Back in the early days of the Trump administration, one of the first moves at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was to drop lawsuits alleging discrimination based on gender identity. Now, one of those abruptly dropped cases has been settled after private attorneys stepped in.

A recently filed lawsuit against Google illustrates the need to train supervisors about their obligations under all pregnancy-related laws, including adjusting expectations when the pregnancy requires such adjustments.

A class-action lawsuit filed against Uber for tax fraud under IRC § 7434 may be a cautionary tale for every business hiring independent contractors.

2026 may yet become the year Washington approves some form of paid leave, if the slew of recently introduced legislative proposals is any indication. This week, we address proposed legislation that relies on grants to employers for implementing paid leave.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has spent the better part of a year pursuing employers’ diversity, equity and inclusion policies, calling them illegal. Federal contractors were an obvious early target. The EEOC has now widened its playing field.