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On November 6, 2008, the EEOC announced its headquarters and Washington DC field office will relocate to a new address in Northeast Washington effective November 19. The offices will be located at 131 M Street, NE, Fourth Floor, Suite 4NWO2F,...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn September 29, 2008, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) introduced a new bill (Employee Misclassification Prevention Act, S. 3648) that would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to clarify that...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsA bill entitled “Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Raids and Detention Act (S. 3594) was introduced September 25 by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ). The purpose of the bill is to provide...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released a new question-and-answer guide aimed at promoting the hiring and advancement of individuals with disabilities in federal government employment. While this guide is specifically directed at...

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...

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...

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 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...