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Updated EEOC COVID-19 Guidance: The Commission Officially Sanctions Employer...
By: Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Christopher DeGroff, Matthew J. Gagnon, and Alex S. Oxyer Seyfarth Synopsis: In its latest update to guidance for employers in the COVID-19 pandemic, the EEOC has now...
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Pandemic Telework Does Not Create Presumptive Right to Telework Post-Pandemic...
By: Loren Gesinsky and Samuel I. Rubinstein Seyfarth Synopsis: With telework seeming like the new normal for many, employers and employees have been wondering whether pandemic telework will be seen as...
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EEOC Fiscal Year 2020 Fizzle? The EEOC’s Year Comes To A Surprisingly Quiet...
By: Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Christopher J. DeGroff, Matthew J. Gagnon, and Alex S. Oxyer Seyfarth Synopsis: In the last fiscal year before the November 2020 election, the EEOC made significant changes...
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Leaving The Laches Open: Federal Court Denies Employer’s Dispositive Motions...
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis: In an EEOC-initiated lawsuit – EEOC v. LogistiCare Solutions LLC, No. 20-CV-852, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 215486 (D....
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Court In Colorado Chops Off EEOC’s Motion For Reconsideration In Systemic...
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis: In EEOC v. JBS USA, LLC, No. 10-CV-2103, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13012 (D. Colo. Jan. 25, 2021), an EEOC-initiated lawsuit alleging a...
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Double Denial In Disparate Impact Litigation: Court Rejects Both EEOC and...
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis: In EEOC v. Schuster Co., No. 13-CV-4063, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79815 (N.D. Iowa Apr. 13, 2021), the EEOC alleged that Defendant’s use...
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Federal Court Denies Employer’s Motion To Dismiss EEOC-Initiated Sexual...
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis: In EEOC v. Konos, Inc., Case No. 1:20-CV-973 (W.D. Mich. June 3, 2021), the EEOC filed a lawsuit on behalf of a claimant against her...
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Splitting The Baby: Federal Court In Florida Grants In Part And Denies In...
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis: In an EEOC-initiated pregnancy discrimination lawsuit, a federal district court in Florida granted in part and denied in part the...
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EEOC Finishes Fiscal Year 2021 With September Surge Of Filings As Commission...
By: Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Christopher J. DeGroff, Matthew J. Gagnon, and Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis: Following the EEOC’s down 2020 fiscal year, in which the Commission made significant...
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A Tax Season Cautionary Tale: Court Penalizes Employer For Not Paying Payroll...
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis: In EEOC v. Sherwood Food Distributors, Inc., No. 16-CV-2386, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32921 (N.D. Ohio Feb. 24, 2022), a federal court in...
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