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In EEOC v. Mach Mining LLC, the Seventh Circuit answered this question in the negative.  Finding that the EEOC’s failure to adequately conciliate was not a valid defense as courts do not have the tools to adequately assess conciliation efforts, the court dismissed Mach Mining’s motion.

If you thought the California Department of Fair Employment (“DFEH”) was not busy monitoring compliance with employers’ sexual harassment prevention training obligations, think again.  The DFEH recently entered into a settlement agreement with the City of San Diego concerning its failure to provide mandatory sexual harassment training to city supervisors, including elected and appointed officials. …

As we previously reported to you, while the federal government remains officially shut down as Congress continues its budget negotiations, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has put into place its shutdown plan.  Its plan, found here, focuses its now greatly reduced resources solely on “protecting life and property.”

Paula Deen, a celebrity chef known for her extreme Southern cooking and excesses, has been embroiled in scandal for the last several months, bringing together an odd mix of legal and marketing issues, celebrity, and Southern history.  In 2012, former restaurant manager, Lisa Jackson, filed a hostile work environment and discrimination lawsuit against Paula Deen…

Right now, the answer to that question just depends on your appetite for risk.  If you are risk adverse and do not want to have to update your arbitration agreement again within the next year or so, you should hold tight until the California Supreme Court issues its decisions in a few pending arbitration cases…