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THE STORY OF SESCO
In 1941, Joseph W. R. Lawson, Sr. was employed by the U.S. Department of Labor, Federal Wage-Hour and Public Contracts Division. His assigned office for initial training as a Federal Wage-Hour Compliance Officer was Richmond, Virginia. This was also the...
SESCO Weekly Update 2-5-2025
EEOC ISSUES ANNUAL REPORT The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published its annual performance report for the preceding Fiscal Year 2024. According to the Report, last year the EEOC secured nearly $700 million in monetary recoveries. This is the...
States Continue to Enforce Their Affirmative Action Requirements
Staff Recommendation States Continue to Enforce Their Affirmative Action Requirements Introduction President Trump revoked Executive Order 11246, which required federal contractors to develop Affirmative Action Programs. In this context “affirmative action” means that...
Pregnancy Bias Complaint Alleges Reduced Hours, Unlocked Supply Room to Express Breast Milk
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Division on Civil Rights has found probable cause to support a claim that a national retailer subjected a former employee to discrimination based on her pregnancy and failed to provide her with a suitable place to express breast...
Employer Will Pay $160K to Settle Suit Over Telework Denial to Accommodate Disability
A Georgia-based health services provider has agreed to pay $160,000 to settle allegations that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by unilaterally placing an employee on unpaid leave instead of accommodating her disability. The employee initially...
Employers with Remote Workers Should Consider State Leave Laws and Handbook Policies
Many employers now have employees residing and working in states other than where the employer may have its corporate headquarters or other brick and mortal locations. Remote employees pose unique challenges for employers. For example, a remote employee may be...
Virginia Enacts Permanent Workplace Standard for COVID-19
Last summer, we reported on Virginia’s adoption of an Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19 (the “Temporary Standard”), which made Virginia the first state to implement workplace safety and health standards for COVID-19. The Temporary Standard...
Democrats Propose Legislation to Boost Federal Minimum Wage to $15 by 2025
U.S. House and Senate Democrats have introduced legislation to gradually boost the federal minimum wage until it reaches $15.00 per hour by 2025. TheRaise the Wage Act of 2021would gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $15 across five years and thereafter be...
President Biden Signs Executive Order Regarding Employers and COVID-19
President Biden has signed an Executive Order (EO) directing the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to issue revised guidance to employers on pandemic-related workplace safety no later than February 4, 2021. The President also directed the DOL to consider and, if...