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Riot Games Settles Gender Discrimination Lawsuit at $100 Million

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Entertainment company Riot Games recently settled a multi-year-long gender discrimination class-action lawsuit with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). Some $80 million will be awarded to female employees who worked at the company between November 2014 and the present day.

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OFCCP Announces New AAP Requirements for Federal Contractors

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Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is following through on its commitment to prioritize pay equity and ramp up enforcement of employee diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). How to ensure compliance. Under new leadership, the U.S. Updated EEO census data.

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Temporary Nondiscrimination Relief Gets Another Year Extension By IRS

ACA Times

410 defines these qualified plans as those that do not discriminate in favor of certain higher paid employees’ (otherwise known as highly compensated employees, or HCEs ) favor. Temporary relief was provided pursuant to Notice 2014-5, for plans beginning before 2016. Notice 2015-28 extended that relief by a year.

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2021 State Drug Testing Law Updates for Employers

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The web of workplace drug and alcohol testing compliance continues to grow and has become increasingly impactful to employers. The state of New York also considers medical marijuana patients as “disabled,” affording protections from state disability discrimination laws and limits employer actions. . Connecticut.

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5 Legal HR Mistakes Which Can Prove Very Costly

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

FCRA compliance is actually quite simple to observe. The two most recent ones were in November 2014 and March 2015. Inadvertent Discrimination During Hiring Anti-discrimination laws are among the easiest to violate especially during the hiring process. The court found the company guilty of religious discrimination.

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What You Can Learn from the Sno-White Linen & Uniform Rental OFCCP Compliance Evaluation

Berkshire Associates

The conciliation agreement also details a variety of technical violations alleged by OFCCP, including a failure to solicit race and gender information from applicants, as well as, failing to complete major components of affirmative action plans – job group analysis, availability analysis, and adverse impact analyses.

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Understanding Conflict of Interest – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

I should mention that a remote argument can be made that it violates the anti-discrimination laws in those states in which ‘family status’ is a protected status. [Segal] It might come as a surprise, but it’s generally not unlawful to favor members of your immediate family and pay them more than they otherwise would receive.