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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe U.S. Department of Labor released its seventh annual report (“U.S. Department of Labor’s 2007 on the Worst Forms of Child Labor”) describing the efforts of 141 countries and territories to...

The U.S. Department of Labor released its annual report “America’s Dynamic Workforce,” which presents an overview of current conditions and notable trends affecting the U.S. labor market and economic activity. According to the report, primary...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe EEOC issued a comprehensive question-and-answer guide addressing how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to a wide variety of performance and conduct issues. The EEOC says...

The U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that the number of civil rights cases filed in U.S. district courts declined nearly 20 percent between 2003 and 2006. Civil rights claims may involve allegations of discrimination...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsFormer EEOC Vice Chair Leslie Silverman will join Proskauer Rose LLP’s Labor and Employment Department in its Washington DC office. Silverman became Vice Chair of the EEOC in 2006 after serving...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe EEOC has announced the appointment of Dana Hutter as the new Systemic Investigation Program Manager. Hutter will be responsible for promoting development of systemic investigations...

Employers who entered into and/or modified a federal contract of $25,000 or more before December 1, 2003 are required to file a VETS-100 Report annually by the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended (VEVRAA). The...

The Center for Corporate Equality (CCE), a nonprofit employer association based in Washington, D.C., recently launched its newly redesigned website at http://www.cceq.org/. CCE’s new website provides viewers with a heads-up on new developments...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsMartha Burrage, Director-EEO/AA at Honeywell, was awarded the first “Lois Baumerich Lifetime Achievement Award” at the recent Annual ILG National Conference in Anaheim, California. This award...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs

• House Passes Paycheck Fairness Act; President Bush Opposes: The U.S. House of Representatives has approved the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338). The White House, however, issued a...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs

• EEOC announced that Tobacco Superstores, Inc. will pay $425,000 and provide significant remedial relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit on behalf of qualified black workers who were...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe U.S. House of Representatives apologized to African Americans for the “fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow” segregation. Congress unsuccessfully...