Each month, CUPA-HR General Counsel Ira Shepard provides an overview of several labor and employment law cases and regulatory actions with implications for the higher ed workplace. Here’s the latest from Ira. Judge Halts Academic Workers’ Strike at Several University of California Campuses The University of California has taken legal action against United Auto Workers... View Article
Members OnlyDiscrimination and Harassment are broad topics that touch multiple HR functions, and that also must be considered by non-HR supervisors and even employees with no supervisory responsibility. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) defines harassment and discrimination as follows: Harassment – Unwelcome conduct based on one or more protected classes wherein enduring the offensive conduct... View Article
Members OnlyThe Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA), is a federal law that protects and supports the employment and re-employment of persons who serve or have served in the Armed Forces, Reserves, National Guard or other “uniformed services”. USERRA prohibits employers from discriminating against a person based on past military service, current military obligations,... View Article
Members OnlyOn September 24, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed Executive Order (EO) 11246 to provide equal employment opportunity. The Department of Labor was tasked with administration of EO 11246. The Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz, established the Office of Federal Contract Compliance to administer the order’s non-discrimination and affirmative action provisions. Now, the OFCC is known... View Article
Members OnlyFew pieces of legislation have had a more profound effect on U.S. society, and especially the world of work, than the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The landmark legislation set standards for equity, protection and rights regardless of an individual’s gender, race, color, religion or national origin, not only in the workplace but in schools,... View Article