Weekly Industry News – Employment Law

Employment Law –  this week’s update includes the EEOC’s guidance for employers, National Pay Equity Day and more.

 

EEOC Issues Guidance for Employers on Accommodating Religious Dress and Grooming Practices by WeComply, a Thomson Reuters Business Published on jdsupra 

Religious diversity in the workplace is fast becoming a hot issue for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Accordingly, the agency answered questions about the application of federal employment discrimination law to religious dress and grooming practices in its recently released guidance for employers… [ Read More ]

       

Arbitration Clause Survives Contract Termination, Sixth Circuit Holds by Amy Bashore, Alan S. Kaplinsky, William K. Kennedy II, Mark J. Levin Published on jdsupra 

Can an employer compel arbitration in accordance with an arbitration clause in a contract that has terminated? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently answered this question in the affirmative… [ Read More

       

National Pay Equity Day Marked by Presidential Action Targeting Equal Pay for Women by Sarah Andrews Herman and Joel O’Malley   Published on jdsupra

Today marks National Equal Pay Day, the day that symbolizes how far into 2014 women must work to earn what men earned in 2013…  [ Read More ]

       

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