EEOC roundup highlights workplace pitfalls

Each quarter, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) publishes a summary of the last three months of events and cases in employment law. The latest one is out now, and available online. 

“This edition contains summaries of noteworthy decisions issued by the EEOC, including cases involving attorney’s fees, class certification, compensatory damages and dismissals,” EEOC announced. “It also includes cases discussing findings on the merits, remedies, sanctions, settlement agreements, stating a claim, summary judgment, and timeliness.” 

In the last quarter, there were cases involving management executing improper dismissals, failing to provide reasonable accommodation to disability, as well as retaliation against an employee for the very act of filing an EEOC complaint—which resulted in reversals of managerial missteps, compensatory damages and other awards. There were a host of additional EEOC complaints and resolutions of them. 

The volume is a publication of EEOC’s Office of Federal Operations (OFC).