U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Labor Relations Committee
Equal Employment Opportunity Subcommittee
Amway/Emerson 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Agenda
May 1, 2014
I.
EEOC Litigation Issues
A. Substantive EEOC Losses and Challenges to EEOC Actions –
Background Checks
i. Current business practices – update from U.S. Chamber of
Commerce Labor Relations Committee March 6, 2014
Background Check Event
ii. EEOC Litigation
1. Freeman
2. Kaplan
3. BMW/Dollar General
4. Texas v. EEOC
5. Peoplemark
B. Procedural EEOC Litigation
i. Conciliation; Improper Pre-Litigation Tactics
1. Mach Mining (cert pending)
2. Bass Pro Outdoor World
3. Sterling Jewelers
4. CNH v. EEOC
ii. Social Media – Discovery Issues
1. U.S. Chamber comments submitted on EEOC Public
Hearing on “Social Media in the Workplace:
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Examining Implications for Equal Opportunity
Employment Law”
iii. Fee Sanctions for EEOC Litigation Abuses
1. CRST
2. Peoplemark
3. Propak
C. Miscellaneous EEO Cases
i. Scott v. Family Dollar (cert pending)
ii. EEOC v. CVS
iii. Abercrombie & Fitch
iv. Schuette v. BAMN
II.
Pay Equity
A. Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 2199)
B. Ending Pay Discrimination Through Information Act (S. 2172)
III.
OFCCP
A. Executive Orders
B. Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act/VEVRAA
IV.
Additional Legislation/Policy
A. Implicit bias
B. U.S. Chamber of Commerce comments on Proposed Interagency
Policy Statement Establishing Joint Standards for Assessing
Diversity Policies and Practices of Entities Regulated by the
Agencies, and Request for Comment (regulations implementing
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
of 2010)
C. Employment Non-Discrimination Act (S. 815, H.R. 1755)
D. Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (H.R. 5647 – 112th Congress)
E. Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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