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EEOC Issues Guidance for Employers for Workplace Planning During Pandemic
In the midst of the H1N1 pandemic, the EEOC has issued an awareness document for employers, to educate them on their rights and requirements. In “Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans With Disabilities Act” (http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/pandemic_flu.html), the EEOC states that:
An employer can ask an employee if he/she would be unavailable for work under non-disability-related [...]
EEOC Revises Its Compliance Manual to Comply with Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
The EEOC has revised it compliance manual to conform to the requirements of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.
The Act, passed in January 2009, overturned the Supreme Court’s decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618(2007), which allowed a person 180 days to bring a charge of compensation discrimination, [...]
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Takes Effect November 21, 2009
On November 21, 2009, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”) will take effect. GINA prohibits employers and insurance companies from employment and health coverage discrimination based on genetic information.
The statute protects genetic information of individuals and their family members, as well as fetuses and legally held embryos by the individual or family member.
The statute defines [...]