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26 02, 2024

Fireside Chat with EEOC Vice Chair Samuels
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Fireside Chat with EEOC Vice Chair Samuels

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Fireside Chat with EEOC Vice Chair Samuels

By PLUS|2024-02-26T10:33:08-06:00February 26, 2024|@PLUS, EPL Symposium, EPLI|0 Comments

Ahead of the PLUS EPL Symposium in New York on March 4th, tune into this chat with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Vice Chair, Jocelyn Samuels and Founding Partner of Gordon & Rees's New York office, Mercedes Colwin to hear about the Vice Chair’s role and recent initiatives and Vice Chair Samuels view on what steps employers can take to create a more inclusive and fair work environment. This chat will explore the critical challenges and emerging issues related to the workplace and how the EEOC is addressing these concerns. In addition, Vice Chair Samuels will discuss the EEOC’s current [...]

You Snooze You Sometimes Lose: Court Enforces 6 Month Statute of Limitations with Respect to Section 1981 Claim But Not with Respect to Title VII Claim

By Jonathan Evan Goldberg|2016-08-31T08:31:17-05:00August 31, 2016|EPLI, Guest Blog, PL Insurance|0 Comments

Did you know that an agreement shortening the time within which to bring an employment law claim may be enforceable? Indeed, in Order of United Commercial Travelers of Am. v. Wolfe, 331 U.S. 586, 608, 67 S. Ct. 1355, 91 L. Ed. 1687 (1947), the Supreme Court stated with respect to contracts generally that “in the absence of a controlling statute to the contrary, a provision in a contract may validly limit, between the parties, the time for bringing an action … to a period less than that prescribed in the general statute of limitations, [if] the shorter period [is] [...]

Accommodations for Pregnant Workers

By PLUS|2016-02-23T09:41:57-06:00February 23, 2016|EPLI, International Conference|0 Comments

From the 2015 PLUS Conference session “The EEOC Trifecta: Pregnancy, Wellness Programs and Background Checks,” Wendy Mellk (Jackson Lewis) and Joanne Lloyd-Bragg (AXIS Professional Lines) discuss the accommodations for pregnant workers, specifically the Young vs. UPS case, and respond to the following question... Why, when the employer accommodated so many, could it not accommodate pregnant women as well? If you are active in the EPL market then you can't afford to miss the 2016 Professional Risk Symposium, April 20 and 21 in Chicago. With a session touching on the EPL exposures of non-profit entities, and another looking at how the NLRB, DOL and EEOC are impacting EPL exposures, [...]