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Riot Games Settles Gender Discrimination Lawsuit at $100 Million

Trusaic

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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Hawaii Amended Equal Pay Act: Ensuring Fair Compensation

Trusaic

Hawaii is the latest state to take steps to eliminate pay discrimination with an amendment to its Equal Pay Act. Hawaii SB1057 prohibits pay discrimination based on any protected category, not sex alone. percent in 2014. The first step to compliance is to carry out a pay equity audit. What is a protected class?

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South Africa attempts Compliance, Cracks Down on Illegal Employment

Global People Strategist

The report, which summarized research conducted by the Johannesburg-based higher education institution between 2012 and 2014, established that many of the employed undocumented foreigners are hired to do menial tasks. On the one hand, officials are ensuring compliance by rooting out illegal employees.

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Trusaic

Burrows was appointed by Biden in January 2021 and is the EEOC’s newest Chair, though she has been on the commission since 2014. Burrows’ priorities for the EEOC focus on issues relating to systemic discrimination. States too are making progress to encourage fairness of pay and prohibit workplace discrimination.

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7 Modules Your Compliance Training Resources Must Include

Kitaboo - Employee Training

Compliance training is usually a part of every employee’s initial training process. Are Your Compliance Training Resources Effective? Earlier, in-house training specialists or Human resources team used to undertake the task of delivering training or companies would hire a professional trainer to deliver compliance training.

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Is Minor ‘Offensive’ Conduct Enough to Prove Hostile Environment?

HR Daily Advisor

6th Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee—recently heard a case from a female doctor asserting gender discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation citing a manager’s comments as “offensive.”. Albright appealed. 6th Circuit’s Decision.

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EEOC Issues FY 2020 Enforcement Data, Component 2 Looms

Trusaic

With FY 2021 approaching quickly, we thought it would be best to reflect on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) discrimination allegations data for FY 2020 to gauge where the agency will be focusing its efforts. In total, employers paid $439 million to resolve EEOC discrimination allegations for all of FY 2020.