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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Fat & Broke over allegations that it blatantly discriminated against older workers. The allegations include firing and refusing to hire older workers using the excuse that they could not find truck liability insurance covering drivers over age 65.

Typically, the end of one year, or the beginning of a new one, is when HR departments take the time to update their company handbooks. No matter when your HR team conducts this task, your handbook should include these sections.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced updated guidance regarding the new $100,000 fee for employers who want to sponsor workers under the H-1B visa program.

Chair Bill Cassidy noted that it has been almost a century since the passage of major labor laws like the Fair Labor Standards Act and the National Labor Relations Act, and since then, much has changed in the workplace.

If an employee is on FMLA leave and receives reasonable accommodations, then undergoes another separate procedure before that 12 weeks ends, what are the employer’s obligations to hold that position or provide more accommodations?

Employers can’t simply look at an injury or disability and conclude that the individual can’t do their job or the one they’re applying for. Employers that set a strict limit based on assumptions about the individual’s abilities violate the ADA whether the employee is disabled or just assumed to be.

It comes with the territory to lose out to a more qualified applicant. That’s the way the competitive job market works. But when you learn you’ve been ghosted after that promising interview because the candidate had been pre-chosen, it’s all that much worse.

Earlier this month, New York state raised the maximum weekly unemployment insurance benefit by nearly 73%, from $504 to $869 per week. Twenty-seven percent of claimants will now receive the new maximum, while another 28% will see an increase in their weekly payments.

When a performer claimed a venue “canceled” them after backlash to a social media post supporting Israel, they said it was discrimination. The court said it was politics.

With Election Day taking place on Nov. 4, now is the time to remind your employees of your company’s voting policy. And if you don’t have this in place, it’s time you created one.