Labor & Employment

Labor & Employment

William C. Martucci, Kristen A. Page | Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Introduction The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (commonly referred to as the EEOC) is the agency charged with enforcing many of our federal laws prohibiting workplace discrimination. In recent years, the EEOC has pursued with vigor its “systemic initiative” – an...

Investigations

Kelly Ann Bird | Gibbons P.C.

One of my colleagues and I were comparing cases last week and realized that all of our litigation files have a significant common element (aside from the fact that they involve employment claims): each one involves an investigation. Neither of us was particularly surprised by this, as in...

Labor & Employment

Steven J. Pearlman, Lloyd B. Chinn | Proskauer

Editor: Please tell us about Proskauer’s newly launched Whistleblowing and Retaliation Practice Group. What are your roles? Pearlman: Lloyd and I will co-chair the group, which functions on a national and international platform. We intend to take a comprehensive, long-term approach to...